| Description |
xvii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-412) and index. |
| Contents |
"Hermit's Plight" in Three Parallel Lives -- Ascetic, Saint Antony of Egypt -- Biography or Legend? -- Hermit or Abbot? -- First Stage: Calling and Apprenticeship -- Second Stage: The Devil's Greatest Challenger -- Third Stage: Abbot Despite Himself -- Fourth Stage: Renewed and Final Retreat -- Painter, "Master Mathis" -- Which Mathis? Three Grunewald Biographies -- Mysterious Master of Aschaffenburg: Grunewald Reception 1530-1930 -- Grunewald Reaffirmed: Insights of the Past Twenty-five Years The "Historical Grunewald" of the 1930s -- Cultural-Political Context -- Coming Full Circle: Antony, Mathis, and Hindemith -- Composer, Paul Hindemith -- A Twentieth-Century Life -- Quest for Solidarity: Music for Active Participation -- Work, Not the Man: Simplicity and Spirituality in Hindemith's Character -- Spirituality in Hindemith's Work -- "Hermit's Plight" in the Arts -- Hermits, Anchorites, Ascetics -- Eremitic Quest -- Eremitism, in Practice and in Spirit -- Hermit Motif in German Literature -- Temptation of Saint Antony in Literature, Art, and Music -- Temptation of Saint Antony in Drama, Novel, and Poetry -- Temptation of Saint Antony in the Visual Arts -- Temptation of Saint Antony in Music -- Isenheim Altarpiece of "Master Mathis" -- Order of the Antonite Brothers and Their Altar at Isenheim -- Artist's Vision -- Architecture and Layout in the Isenheim Altarpiece -- Closed View: Three Tormented Men. |
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Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. Mathis der Maler (Opera)
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Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963.
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Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. |
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation. |
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Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. Mathis der Maler (Opéra) |
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Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. |
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Hindemith, Paul. |
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Mathis der Maler. |
| ISBN |
157647013X |
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9781576470138 |
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