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Informationen zum Autor Joseph E. Morgan is assistant professor of musicology at Middle Tennessee State University. He has also served on the faculties of the New England Conservatory, Brandeis University, and Boston University. His research focuses on the dramatic music, theory and aesthetics of Germany in the early nineteenth century, and he has presented and published articles on E. T. A. Hoffmann, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Carl Maria von Weber. Klappentext In Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon and the Cosmopolitanism in the Early German Romantic, Joseph E. Morgan tracks the development of Weber's musical style across his career, within the cultural context of Germany's romantic period. This discussion with analyses features multiple musical examples and culminates with Weber's last and long-misunderstood work. Zusammenfassung In Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon and the Cosmopolitanism in the Early German Romantic, Joseph E. Morgan tracks the development of Weber's musical style across his career, within the cultural context of Germany's romantic period. This discussion with analyses features multiple musical examples and culminates with Weber's last and long-misunderstood work. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction-The Problem with OberonChapter 1: Early German NationalismChapter 2: The Development of Weber's Adult StyleChapter 3: Romantic TransformationsChapter 4: Why London? Why Wieland? Why Oberon?Chapter 5: Planché and the LibrettoChapter 6: Sir Huon's AdventureChapter 7: Sir Huon and Reiza's Bond of LoveChapter 8: Fulfillment of the OathChapter 9: The Reception of OberonEpilogue: The Decline of Cosmopolitan NationalismBibliographyIndexAbout the Author
