The Possessor and the Possessed: Handel, Mozart, Beethoven and the Idea of Musical Genius
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- The Possessor and the Possessed: Handel, Mozart, Beethoven and the Idea of Musical Genius
- Jaar:
- 2001
- Onderwerp:
- Handel, George Frideric
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Beethoven, Ludwig van
18th Century (1701-1800)
19th Century (1801-1900)
Genius
Composer
Europe - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- New Haven, CT Yale University Press 2001
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH.AES KIVY (Orpheus Instituut)
- ISBN:
- 0300087586
- Paginering:
- 320 pages
- Samenvatting:
- The concept of genius intrigues us. Artistic geniuses have something other people don't have. In some cases that something seems to be a remarkable kind of inspiration that permits the artist to exceed his own abilities. It is as if the artist is suddenly possessed, as if some outside force flows through them at the moment of creation. In other cases genius seems best explained as a natural gift. The artist is the possessor of an extra talent that enables the production of masterpiece after masterpiece. This book explores the concept of artistic genius and how it came to be symbolised by three great composers of the modern era: Handel, Mozart, and Beethoven.
- Permalink:
- https://www.cageweb.be/catalog/orp01:000018383
