title: ‘Mir ist so wunderbar’: Considering Opera Traditions Interaction in ‘Fidelio’ by Beethoven (Modern Musicologists on the Quartet’s Genesis)
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metadata.value: Logunova, Anastasia
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metadata.value: 2022-05-05T15:30:47Z
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metadata.value: Logunova, Anastasia. “‘Mir ist so wunderbar’: Considering Opera Traditions Interaction in ‘Fidelio’ by Beethoven (Modern Musicologists on the Quartet’s Genesis)”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts 12, no. 1 (2022): 205–223.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu15.2022.110
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/36269
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metadata.value: The canon in the first act of “Fidelio” was generally regarded as one of the best moments in the
  opera from the very beginning of its hard scenic life. While 19th century critics admired the quartet,
  scholars in the 20th century showed true scientific interest in this ensemble. This attention
  made Beethoven’s quartet one of the most famous canons in music. The article represents an attempt
  to summarize modern musicology’s views on the first act quartet of Beethoven’s “Fidelio”.
  On this basis in the paper are considered the reasons for including such composition in “Fidelio”,
  its stylistic background, and in general the origins of Viennese late 18th century’s practice of vocal
  and opera canons as the context for analysis of Beethoven’s quartet. The author lists operas of
  the Viennese repertoire 1780–1800 with canons (among them, operas by Martíny Soler, Salieri,
  Mozart, Paёr, and Cherubini) as hypothetical models for Beethoven and also traces the continuation
  of this tradition in Italian and Russian 19th century opera. Connection of the musical form
  of canon with ideas of the Enlightenment and figurative and meaningful interpretation of its
  pastoral tone is considered on the basis of works by Heinrich Schwab, Dorothea Link, and Larisa
  Kirillina. It is remarkable that the pastoral of the quartet allows a Christian interpretation that
  makes the “Benedictus” of “Fidelio” genuine. “Mir ist so wunderbar” is considered as an example
  of Beethoven’s contemplative lyric on the basis of experience of its philosophical-aesthetic comprehension,
  presented in Russian musicology. In the quartet, Leonore appears in the opera for
  the first time, and so this article accentuates the central role of this canon for understanding the
  main figure with all richness of her literary and mythological genealogy.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 12; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: opera
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Beethoven
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: “Fidelio”
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: canon
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Vienna
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: operatic ensemble
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Rossini
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: la solita forma
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: pezzo concertato
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: pastoral
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: ‘Mir ist so wunderbar’: Considering Opera Traditions Interaction in ‘Fidelio’ by Beethoven (Modern Musicologists on the Quartet’s Genesis)
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