A muse for the masses : ritual and music in an age of democratic revolution, 1770-1870 / Conrad L. Donakowski.
| Author/creator | Donakowski, Conrad L., 1936- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1977. |
| Description | 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Words: the artist as propagandist, music as decoration. Children of the Enlightenment: music and eighteenth-century social psychology ; Singing the city of man: music as expression of mass feeling in the French revolution ; God in man's new age: religious rites as mass media during the Enlightenment -- Music: the artist as hero, music as communication. Memories of a pious childhood: traditional religion as counterculture among the European intelligentsia ; A musical return to the state of nature: the restoration of plain chant ; The cosmic opera: the quest for a total work of art in religion ; No man is an island: the liturgical music of utopian socialism ; Dilettantes, amateurs, and lovers: Romantic designs for popular aesthetic education through music ; Gothic revivals: the rebirth of religious lyricism in Britain ; God and people: manifestations of the Risorgimento through music -- Formulas: the artist as servant, music as insulation. Spiritual materialism: attempts to legislate aethetic standards ; Cor ad cor loquitur: John Henry Newman's nostalgia for an absolute. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-410) and index. |
| LCCN | 77006228 |
| ISBN | 0226156214 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML196.D63 M8 1977 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |