Revival or Survival?: Richard Coeur-de-Lion . Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry. ; Alfonso und Estrella . Franz Schubert. ; Hulda . Cesar Franck.

1978 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-164
Author(s):  
David Charlton
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2000 ◽  
Vol 141 (1870) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Marie-Elisabeth Tellenbach
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1954 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Thomas
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1989 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maynard Solomon
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Author(s):  
Erin R. Hochman

This chapter looks at cultural commemorations for the anniversaries of the deaths of Ludwig van Beethoven in 1927, Franz Schubert in 1928, Walther von der Vogelweide in 1930, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1932. It explores how Germans and Austrians used these festivals to stage a transborder German community in the interwar period. They hoped that a focus on culture, rather than politics, would help them overcome the sociopolitical fragmentation of the interwar years. At first glance, these cultural celebrations appeared to bridge the numerous divisions running through both societies, as people from various social and political backgrounds wanted to honor these German cultural heroes. Nonetheless, political fights broke out among participants as they interpreted the lives and impact of these cultural figures according to their own divergent worldviews. By investigating these disagreements, this chapter underscores the numerous understandings of Germanness in the Weimar era.


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