Beyond Bach

Beyond Bach
Title Beyond Bach PDF eBook
Author Andrew Talle
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Pages 339
Release 2017-04-07
Genre Music
ISBN 0252099346

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Reverence for J. S. Bach's music and its towering presence in our cultural memory have long affected how people hear his works. In his own time, however, Bach stood as just another figure among a number of composers, many of them more popular with the music-loving public. Eschewing the great composer style of music history, Andrew Talle takes us on a journey that looks at how ordinary people made music in Bach's Germany. Talle focuses in particular on the culture of keyboard playing as lived in public and private. As he ranges through a wealth of documents, instruments, diaries, account ledgers, and works of art, Talle brings a fascinating cast of characters to life. These individuals--amateur and professional performers, patrons, instrument builders, and listeners--inhabited a lost world, and Talle's deft expertise teases out the diverse roles music played in their lives and in their relationships with one another. At the same time, his nuanced re-creation of keyboard playing's social milieu illuminates the era's reception of Bach's immortal works.

Young Törless

Young Törless
Title Young Törless PDF eBook
Author Robert Musil
Publisher Harvill Press
Pages 198
Release 1971
Genre German fiction
ISBN

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The Story of Gösta Berling

The Story of Gösta Berling
Title The Story of Gösta Berling PDF eBook
Author Selma Lagerlöf
Publisher
Pages 488
Release 1898
Genre Tales
ISBN

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Beards and Texts

Beards and Texts
Title Beards and Texts PDF eBook
Author Sebastian Coxon
Publisher UCL Press
Pages 234
Release 2021-09-08
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1787352218

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Beards and Texts explores the literary portrayal of beards in medieval German texts from the mid-twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries. It argues that as the pre-eminent symbol for masculinity the beard played a distinctive role throughout the Middle Ages in literary discussions of such major themes as majesty and humanity. At the same time beards served as an important point of reference in didactic poetry concerned with wisdom, teaching and learning, and in comedic texts that were designed to make their audiences laugh, not least by submitting various figure-types to the indignity of having their beards manhandled. Four main chapters each offer a reading of a work or poetic tradition of particular significance (Pfaffe Konrad’s Rolandslied; Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Willehalm; ‘Sangspruchdichtung’; Heinrich Wittenwiler’s Ring), before examining cognate material of various kinds, including sources or later versions of the same story, manuscript variants and miniatures and further relevant beard-motifs from the same period. The book concludes by reviewing the portrayal of Jesus in vernacular German literature, which represents a special test-case in the literary history of beards. As the first study of its kind in medieval German studies, this investigation submits beard-motifs to sustained and detailed analysis in order to shed light both on medieval poetic techniques and the normative construction of masculinity in a wide range of literary genres.

Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire

Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire
Title Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire PDF eBook
Author Rutger Kramer
Publisher Amsterdam University Press
Pages 279
Release 2019-02-11
Genre History
ISBN 904853268X

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By the early ninth century, the responsibility for a series of social, religious and political reforms had become an integral part of running the Carolingian empire. This became especially clear when, in 813/4, Louis the Pious and his court seized the momentum generated by their predecessors and broadened the scope of this correctio ever further. These reformers knew they constituted a movement greater than the sum of its parts; the interdependence of imperial authority and ecclesiastical reformers was driven by comprehensive, yet surprisingly diverse expectations. Taking this diversity as a starting point, this book takes a fresh look at these optimistic decades. Extrapolating from a series of detailed case studies rather than presenting a grand narrative, it offers new interpretations of contemporary theories of correctio, and shows the self-awareness of its main instigators as they pondered what it meant to be a good Christian in a good Christian empire.

From Mutual Observation to Propaganda War

From Mutual Observation to Propaganda War
Title From Mutual Observation to Propaganda War PDF eBook
Author Malte Griesse
Publisher transcript Verlag
Pages 355
Release 2014-03-31
Genre History
ISBN 3839426421

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The Arab spring, protest movements in the EU, Russia, Turkey or elsewhere, are often labeled as twitter-revolutions. A crucial role is attributed to the new media, coverage of events abroad and ensuing mutual reactions. With the dissemination of print, revolts in early-modern times faced the challenge of a similar media-revolution. This influenced the very face of the events that could become full-fledged propaganda wars once the insurgents had won access to the printing press. But it also had an impact on revolt-narratives. Governments severely persecuted dissident views in such delicate issues as revolts. Observers abroad had no such divided loyalties and were freer to reflect upon the events. Therefore, the book focuses mainly on representations of revolts across borders.

Bisphosphonates in Bone Disease

Bisphosphonates in Bone Disease
Title Bisphosphonates in Bone Disease PDF eBook
Author Herbert Fleisch
Publisher Elsevier
Pages 225
Release 2000-04-18
Genre Medical
ISBN 0080528112

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This book is an essential handbook on bisphosphonates, the most widely used new class of drugs for osteoporosis therapy. It reviews basic physiology in addition to the indications and adverse reactions of these drugs. Bisphosphonates in Bone Disease, 4E, discusses the compounds' chemistry, mechanisms of action, and animal toxicology before presenting a clinical picture of the diseases treated by bisphosphonates. The book provides a table listing the trade names of the commercially available bisphosphonates, registered indications, and the available forms for various countries. The revised Fourth Edition contains approximately 50% new material, including information on all of the latest drugs. * The revised fourth edition contains approximately 50% new material * Includes information on all the latest drugs