Wagner, Deafness, and the Reception of Beethoven's Late Style

1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Knittel
Keyword(s):  
Richard Wagner ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Late Style ◽  
The Common

The belief that Beethoven's "late" or "third-period" works represent the pinnacle of his achievement is at odds with the earliest critical views of these pieces. In the decades just following the composer's death, critics could not separate the perceived musical problems of the late style from Beethoven's physical ailments. While the common explanation for the elevation of these last pieces to their current position of privilege has been a musical one-the works were written before their time, demanding considerable study before they were fully understood and appreciated-I propose that it was a new understanding of Beethoven's biography that led to their veneration. Richard Wagner, in his 1870 Beethoven essay, radically reinterpreted the influence of deafness, claiming that it was in fact the source of Beethoven's creativity and genius. This paper explores Wagner's romanticization of Beethoven's deafness and speculates as to why such a paradoxical position may have appealed not just to Wagner, but to the critics who followed him.

20. The derivative claim and the rule in Foss v Harbottle

2021 ◽  
pp. 467-494
Author(s):  
Brenda Hannigan
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Important Constraint ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Common ◽  
Breach Of Duty ◽  
Ordinary Derivative

This chapter discusses further aspects of shareholder remedies, namely the common law multiple derivative claim; derivative claims under Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), Part 11; the reflective loss principle; personal actions at common law; and specific statutory rights under the CA 2006. At common law, a shareholder aggrieved by a breach of duty by a director could bring a derivative claim on behalf of the company, as an exception to the rule in Foss v Harbottle. That common law claim now remains as a common law multiple derivative claim whereas the ‘ordinary’ derivative claim now is a statutory claim under CA 2006, Part 11. This chapter explores both types of derivative claim and assesses their value to shareholders. An important constraint on shareholder recovery is the principle governing reflective loss which has recently been restated by the Supreme Court. This chapter considers the current position in the light of that development.

scholarly journals Antonín Dvořák and Richard Wagner

Muzikologija ◽  
2006 ◽  
pp. 305-316
Author(s):  
Jarmila Gabrijelova
Keyword(s):  
Early Phase ◽  
Richard Wagner ◽  
Antonin Dvorak ◽  
The Common

The essay deals with the relation of prominent Czech composer Anton?n Dvo??k (1841?1904) to the personality and work of Richard Wagner (1813?1883). As opposed to the common opinions linking Dvo??k?s name with Wagner?s ideological opponents and placing his ?Wagnerian? period in the early phase of his career only, our examination shows that Dvo??k?s interest in Wagner and his music was of deep and lasting nature and was significant for him throughout the whole of his life.

scholarly journals Japan’s foreign policy: from imperial power to regional leader?

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
Juan Sebastián Gómez Alférez
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Common Factors ◽  
Japanese History ◽  
Influence Strategies ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Meiji Restoration ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
Imperial Power ◽  
The Common ◽  
Logical Order

The present essay seeks to explore Japanese foreign policy and its trans- formations throughout time. Particular emphasis is placed on two historical moments: the emergence of Japan as an imperial power, beginning with the Meiji Restoration, and contemporary Japan. The choice of these two instances is an attempt to define an arc of development in Japanese history, in order to understand Japan’s role in Asia and how it has both determined and been determined by international dynamics. By presenting information in chrono- logical order, the essay tries to establish a connection between past and pres- ent, and asks whether a “Japanese style of influence” can be deduced from both periods. The essay finds that Japan’s place in the region has changed from a more assertive and leading one, albeit more violent, to one character- ized by the indirect balancing of power. While dealing with radically different contexts, the essay finds that Japan’s influence strategies, whether historical or contemporary, have had similar intended effects in terms of the develop- ment of other countries. In this sense, by showing a broad and brief picture of Japan’s past and present that is traversed by a single theme, the essay con- tributes to the understanding of Japan’s current position, its historical roots, and the common factors that might continue in the future.

scholarly journals The Western Balkans: The fate of an European periphery

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-364
Author(s):  
Dragan Djukanovic
Keyword(s):  
Regional Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Creation ◽  
European Periphery

The paper analyzes what is the current position of the Western Balkans in the context of contemporary European trends and events. The author considers the European and Euro-Atlantic integration a certain attempt to ?relocate? the whole region of the Western Balkans from an obvious periphery to a semi-periphery position. The focus of analysis is on numerous problems such as continued revitalization of the local ethno-nationalisms, structural economic crisis, the presence of high levels of organized crime and corruption. The author points out that, so far, numerous attempts of the most influential members of the international community primarily the United States and the European Union have failed to promote the improvement of the relations between new-formed countries and to establish a sort of regional identity. The author argues that the creation of the antagonistic identities of the states and nations of the Western Balkans during the breakup of the former Yugoslav federation was the main obstacle to the creation of the common identity. The author concludes that, in view of the new growing trends of ethnic nationalisms and certain forms of extremism and radicalism, the ?relocation? of the Western Balkans from European periphery to the semi-periphery will not be short-term or easy, as evidenced by numerous internal problems and problems in bilateral relations.

RICHARD WAGNER AND THE GERMAN NATION

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 95-112
Author(s):  
Tim Blanning
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Richard Wagner ◽  
Friedrich Schiller ◽  
German Culture ◽  
Common People ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
German Nation ◽  
Constant Feature ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Great War

ABSTRACTRichard Wagner's relationship with the German nation was inconsistent and often contradictory, veering between pride and distaste. One constant feature, however, was his intense hostility to the German princes. He held them responsible for the decline of German culture after the Reformation and, more especially, after the Thirty Years War. Their imitation of Italian and French models amounted to cultural treason in his view. The great revival of the ‘German spirit’ in the eighteenth century, he asserted with characteristic vehemence, came from the common people. It was they too who rose in revolt against Napoleonic tyranny in the great ‘War of Liberation’ of 1813–15. Yet once again the princes betrayed them, restoring despotic rule once the French yoke had been removed and resuming the patronage of French plays and Italian operas. In forming this narrative, Wagner was strongly influenced by Friedrich Schiller, who ranks with Shakespeare and Beethoven in his rather limited pantheon. It found its way into several of his music dramas, most explicitly in The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, whose political message has often been misunderstood.

Catalogue reduction techniques

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 389-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chr. de Vegt
Keyword(s):  
Adjustment Process ◽  
Proper Motions ◽  
Measuring Process ◽  
Aerial Photogrammetry ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Observational Technique ◽  
The Common ◽  
Astrometric Data

AbstractReduction techniques as applied to astrometric data material tend to split up traditionally into at least two different classes according to the observational technique used, namely transit circle observations and photographic observations. Although it is not realized fully in practice at present, the application of a blockadjustment technique for all kind of catalogue reductions is suggested. The term blockadjustment shall denote in this context the common adjustment of the principal unknowns which are the positions, proper motions and certain reduction parameters modelling the systematic properties of the observational process. Especially for old epoch catalogue data we frequently meet the situation that no independent detailed information on the telescope properties and other instrumental parameters, describing for example the measuring process, is available from special calibration observations or measurements; therefore the adjustment process should be highly self-calibrating, that means: all necessary information has to be extracted from the catalogue data themselves. Successful applications of this concept have been made already in the field of aerial photogrammetry.

Renilla Bioluminescence: A Morphologic Approach to the Location of Photocytes

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 208-209
Author(s):  
Ben O. Spurlock ◽  
Milton J. Cormier
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Molecular Basis ◽  
Light Emission ◽  
Chemical Basis ◽  
Electronic Excited State ◽  
Colonial Form ◽  
The Common ◽  
Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries ◽  
Catalyzed Oxidation

The phenomenon of bioluminescence has fascinated layman and scientist alike for many centuries. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a number of observations were reported on the physiology of bioluminescence in Renilla, the common sea pansy. More recently biochemists have directed their attention to the molecular basis of luminosity in this colonial form. These studies have centered primarily on defining the chemical basis for bioluminescence and its control. It is now established that bioluminescence in Renilla arises due to the luciferase-catalyzed oxidation of luciferin. This results in the creation of a product (oxyluciferin) in an electronic excited state. The transition of oxyluciferin from its excited state to the ground state leads to light emission.

Mammalian Bone Marrow Acetylcholinesterase

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
Ezzatollah Keyhani
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Extracellular Medium ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The Common ◽  
Mammalian Bone

Acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) (ACHE) has been localized at cholinergic junctions both in the central nervous system and at the periphery and it functions in neurotransmission. ACHE was also found in other tissues without involvement in neurotransmission, but exhibiting the common property of transporting water and ions. This communication describes intracellular ACHE in mammalian bone marrow and its secretion into the extracellular medium.

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