BEETHOVEN’S EARLY ART SONGS "DIE EHRE GOTTES AUS DER NATUR" MUSICAL FORM AND RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT
This study will help you examine the classical music knowledge of school pupils and faculty. We analyzed the musical form and religious mood in this article. Christian Furchitegot Gelato, a German pastor, poet, and hymn writer, composed the poem "God's Glory from Nature." In 1757, it...
| Published in: | European journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
2023
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European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Religious Sentiment
B Beethoven Songs B Ludwig van Beethoven B Die Ehre Gottes Aus Der Natur |
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| Summary: | This study will help you examine the classical music knowledge of school pupils and faculty. We analyzed the musical form and religious mood in this article. Christian Furchitegot Gelato, a German pastor, poet, and hymn writer, composed the poem "God's Glory from Nature." In 1757, it was initially published in Gellert's collection of odes and songs. The words were published as part of a collection of songs in 1803. They are best known for their solo vocal and piano setting by Ludwig van Beethoven ("Die Himmelrühmen der Ewigen Ehre," beginning with Op. 48, No. 4), and for which they are best remembered. The song by Beethoven is commonly known as "Die Himmelsrühmen," which translates to "Heaven speaks" in English. Popular in the United States is Virgil Thomson's organ and choir arrangement of "Heaven Talks" (1925). Beethoven's vocal pieces are occasionally neglected or overshadowed due to his substantial contributions to large-scale instrumental genres such as sonata, symphony, and string quartet. Nonetheless, he had a lifelong passion for literature and poetry, as proven by countless direct and indirect allusions from the literary works that peaked his attention in his collection, correspondence, Tagebuch, and discussion books. Between 1783 and 1826, he created several vocal works illustrating his passion for and connection to the language. Most of Beethoven's vocal compositions have not been exposed to the same level of scrutiny as his instrumental works. This study examines the relationship between lyrics and music in Beethoven's solo songs and other vocal compositions. The intersections between literary and musical expression are analyzed within four dimensions of text setting: structure, rhythm, meaning, and story. To begin, the components of derivation and deviation are analyzed to determine how he built musical structures in response to the poetic (and semantic) patterns of each source text. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.2021.3835 |