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German-language reception of Robert Burns in Austria
Get PDFAustria has its own reception of Robert Burns that is different to the German and Swiss receptions in a number of ways; these have never been discussed in the scholarship on Burns in the German-speaking world. While from around 1840 onwards, a renewed interest in translating Burns in Germany led to book-length collections of his poetry in High German and German dialect translations, the Austrian literary reception of Burns was more modest. This contrasted with the extensive musical reception of Burns in the 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian composers who set High German translations of Burns’ songs to music. The poetic engagement with Burns in the Austrian Empire was confined to a very small number or poets, one of whom was Franz Stelzhamer, the author of the Upper Austrian regional anthem, ‘Hoamátland’ or ‘‘s Haimátg’sang’, who adapted five High German translations of Burns’ songs, rewriting them in Ob der Enns dialect. However, instead of mediating between the Scottish and Austrian cultures, Stelzhamer assimilated Burns’ songs into collections of his own dialect poetry. Although he attributed them to Burns, he nevertheless domesticated them by inserting Upper-Austrian patriotism and Germanic names, and stripping them of their Scottish cultural context. This chapter looks at the use of Burns in Austrian literature to support regionalism and the folk movement of dialect writing in Austria, and discusses the possible reasons why there was a dearth of translations of Burns’ works in Austria in the nineteenth century
The reception of Robert Burns in music
No full textThis chapter explores the many different musical responses to Burns's lyrical poetry from his own time (the settings of Haydn, Beethoven and fellow Scottish composers), through the song settings of Robert Schumann, Robert Franz in the nineteenth century and to the many orchestral, choral and vocal settings of the twentieth century, culminating in a new commission for 2009 by James MacMillan
The Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns: Volume II and III: The Scots Musical Museum
No full textThe Scots Musical Museum is perhaps the core canonical collection of Scottish song, with over 200 of its 600 songs claimed for Robert Burns. This is the first research edition of the Scots Musical Museum in its entirety in over two centuries, and the first ever edition of the first edition of any kind, unearthing hundreds of previously unacknowledged variants between the first and 1803 editions. It will claim that up to fifty songs should be removed from the Burns canon. It is a landmark text for understanding the history and development of Scottish song and music. A full and detailed introduction sets out the social, textual, musical and historical context in which Robert Burns and James Johnson worked, while extensive notes on the songs provide a detailed history and context of each one, and a brief critical analysis of some of the most famous of these songs. There is a comprehensive glossary based, where available, on contemporary dictionary definitions and ample appendices. The items included here have never before been published complete together
The Reception of Sir Walter Scott in Europe
No full textSir Walter Scott (1771-1832) had an immense impact throughout Europe. His historical fiction, which brought the ideas of Enlightenment to bear on the novel,created for the first time a sense of the past as a place where people thought, felt and dressed differently. His writing influenced Balzac, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Dumas, Pushkin and many others; and Scott's interpretation of history was seized on by Romantic nationalists, particularly in Eastern Europe. This book gives for the first time a comprehensive account of the impact of Scott in Europe, from the early and highly influential translations of Defauconpret in France to the continued politicization and censorship of the novels in modern East Germany and Franco's Spain. Generic chapters examine Scott's presence in art and opera, two cultural forms which were deeply affected by his novels. This exciting collection of essays by an international team of leading scholars demonstrates the depth of Scott's impact on European translation, fiction and culture from 1814 to the present. It will be an indispensable research resource for Romanticists everywhere
The Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns: Volume II and III: The Scots Musical Museum
No full textThe Scots Musical Museum is perhaps the core canonical collection of Scottish song, with over 200 of its 600 songs claimed for Robert Burns. This is the first research edition of the Scots Musical Museum in its entirety in over two centuries, and the first ever edition of the first edition of any kind, unearthing hundreds of previously unacknowledged variants between the first and 1803 editions. It will claim that up to fifty songs should be removed from the Burns canon. It is a landmark text for understanding the history and development of Scottish song and music. A full and detailed introduction sets out the social, textual, musical and historical context in which Robert Burns and James Johnson worked, while extensive notes on the songs provide a detailed history and context of each one, and a brief critical analysis of some of the most famous of these songs. There is a comprehensive glossary based, where available, on contemporary dictionary definitions and ample appendices. The items included here have never before been published complete together
The Reception of Robert Burns in Europe
No full textRobert Burns (1759 –1796), Scotland’s national poet and pioneer of the Romantic Movement, has been hugely influential across Europe and indeed throughout the world. Burns has been translated seven times as often as Byron, with 21 Norwegian translations alone recorded since 1990; he was translated into German before the end of his short life, and was of key importance in the vernacular politics of central and Eastern Europe in the nineteenth century. This collection of essays by leading international scholars and translators traces the cultural impact of Burns' work across Europe and includes bibliographies of major translations of his work in each country covered, as well as a publication history and timeline of his reception on the continent
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