| Description |
xv, 369 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-356) and index. |
| Contents |
Promethean legacies : the myth in literature and music prior to the romantic era -- Gesture and convention in Beethoven's Ballet d'action -- Three settings of Goethe's Transgressive ode -- Toward a philosophy of history : Liszt's Prometheus music -- The French Prometheus -- Atheism, Wagnerism, and eroticism in Parry's Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus unbound -- Conservatism assimilates the Prometheus myth : concert overtures by Bargiel and Goldmark. |
| Subject |
Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Prometheus (Greek deity) -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.
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Prometheus (Greek deity) |
| ISBN |
9780754654681 alkaline paper |
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0754654680 alkaline paper |
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