Giacomo Meyerbeer
Cantatas MUSIC Meyerbeer, Giacomo, Bibliography sähkökirjat
Cambridge Scholars Pub.
2010
EISBN 9781443825993
Table of contents; introduction; festgesang (gutenberg); festlied (saxe-coburg-gotha); festhymme (vermahlungsfeier); friedericus magnus; ode an rauch; opfer hymnus an den zeus; maria und ihr genius; nice a stephanie; festgesang (schiller).
The cantatas of Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), spanning his middle and late life, were written in response to royal and civic commissions to celebrate dynastic events and to praise the deeds of famous men. Their festive nature is indicated in the titles: festival song, festival greeting, festival hymn, homage. Like a continuation of the 18th-century tradition of patronage, the more famous Meyerbeer became, the more his services were required by public authorities. Although a burden to him, a ...
The cantatas of Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), spanning his middle and late life, were written in response to royal and civic commissions to celebrate dynastic events and to praise the deeds of famous men. Their festive nature is indicated in the titles: festival song, festival greeting, festival hymn, homage. Like a continuation of the 18th-century tradition of patronage, the more famous Meyerbeer became, the more his services were required by public authorities. Although a burden to him, a ...
