{"product_id":"speaking-german-musically-jacqueline-waeber-9781837652143","title":"Speaking German Musically: Poetic Recitation in Central Europe, 1760-1820","description":"Shows how poetic recitation and the interweaving of music and poetry contributed to the advent of a German identity in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe art of reciting a text out loud, known as Vortragskunst, be it in a private circle or in a concert hall, originated in German-speaking countries in the 1760s, and by the nineteenth century had become a well-established practice subjected to an artistic blossoming unparalleled in the rest of Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book Jacqueline Waeber explains and examines how and why this happened, focusing on the origins of poetic recitation and its development during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a period essential to the development of modern German literature and theatre, bookended by the two main figures who contributed to the theoretical and aesthetical tenets of poetic recitation, the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poetic recitation quickly gained attraction for the Lied and the musical melodrama, both musical genres that were driven by a search for new declamatory styles. As a result, poetic recitation became increasingly 'musicalized' by the frequent addition of a musical accompaniment. As the book shows, this intertwining of music and poetry made a huge contribution to the advent of German identity through the reappraisal of its language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Waeber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837652147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837652143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jacqueline Waeber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46571278369023,"sku":"9781837652143","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96785683-2b67-4434-8fbf-0dd66cb7dcf5.jpg?v=1738807759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speaking-german-musically-jacqueline-waeber-9781837652143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}