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Music, History & Criticism

Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis Night: The Heathen Muse in European Culture, 1700-1850

by John Michael Cooper
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Synopsis

The first in-depth study of Mendelssohn's two settings of Goethe's Die erste Walpurgisnacht, in the context of scenes from Goethe's Faust and other works.

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Book Details

Published
May 1, 2007
Publisher
University of Rochester Press, The
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781580462525

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