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050 00 ML410.H685 |bB69 1998
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100 1  Bruhn, Siglind. |=^A395721
245 14 The temptation of Paul Hindemith : |bMathis der Maler as a spiritual testimony / |cby Siglind Bruhn.
246 3  Mathis der Maler as a spiritual testimony
260    Stuyresant, N.Y. : |bPendragon Press, |c©1998.
300    xvii, 419 pages : |billustrations, music ; |c24 cm
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-412) and index.
505 00  |tThe "Hermit's plight" in three parallel lives -- |tThe ascetic, Saint Antony of Egypt -- |tBiography or legend? -- |tHermit or abbot? -- |tThe first stage: calling and apprenticeship -- |tThe second stage: the devil's greatest challenger -- |tThe third stage: abbot despite himself -- |tThe fourth stage: renewed and final retreat -- |tThe painter, "Master Mathis" -- |tWhich Mathis? Three Grunewald biographies -- |tThe mysterious master of Aschaffenburg: Grunewald reception 1530-1930 -- |tGrunewald reaffirmed: insights of the past twenty-five years the "Historical Grunewald" of the 1930s -- |tThe cultural-political context -- |tComing full circle: Antony, Mathis, and Hindemith -- |tThe composer, Paul Hindemith -- |tA twentieth-century life -- |tThe quest for solidarity: music for active participation -- |tThe work, not the man: simplicity and spirituality in Hindemith's character -- |tSpirituality in Hindemith's work -- |tThe "Hermit's plight" in the arts -- |tHermits, anchorites, ascetics -- |tThe Eremitic quest -- |tEremitism, in practice and in spirit -- |tThe hermit motif in German literature -- |tThe temptation of Saint Antony in literature, art, and music -- |tThe temptation of Saint Antony in drama, novel, and poetry -- |tThe temptation of Saint Antony in the visual arts -- |tThe temptation of Saint Antony in music -- |tThe Isenheim altarpiece of "Master Mathis" -- |tThe order of the Antonite brothers and their altar at Isenheim -- |tThe artist's vision -- |tArchitecture and layout in the Isenheim altarpiece -- |tThe closed view: three tormented men.
520    This ground-breaking interdisciplinary study of Paul Hindemith's important opera Mathis der Maler draws together the three major sources that inspired the composition. The author shows that only a recognition of the significant parallel in the lives of the composer, the Renaissance painter Grünewald on whom the operatic Mathis is modeled, and the main character depicted in Grünewald's masterpiece, Saint Antony, will open the doors to a full understanding of the composer's musical testimony. The author begins by exploring the significance of the historical Antony within the spiritual and artistic traditions. Based on the interpretations of art historians and theologians, she then presents a fascinating reading of Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece and its singular importance for the opera. Turning to the opera itself, she examines the libretto as a symbolic representation of the dilemma in the lives of Grünewald and Hindemith and, finally and prominently, she interprets the music against the background of the spiritual plight that drives the plot.
600 10 Hindemith, Paul, |d1895-1963. |tMathis der Maler (Opera) |tMathis der Maler (Opera) |=^A505909
600 10 Hindemith, Paul, |d1895-1963. |=^A24013
650  0 Operas |xAnalysis, appreciation. |=^A141976
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