Beyond Fingal’s Cave: The Undercurrent of Cantata Settings of Ossian between Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides” Overture (1832) and Massenet’s Opera Werther (1892)
2018; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 37; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/01411896.2018.1524696
ISSN1547-7304
Autores Tópico(s)Diverse Musicological Studies
ResumoJames Macpherson’s original poems of Ossian (1760–63) exerted a tremendous influence on composers during central years of the nineteenth century, an influence that had begun as far back as the 1780s. Between the two familiar masterpieces that show the impress of Ossian—Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides” Overture (1832) and Massenet’s opera, Werther (1892)—many other works are situated, including three neglected but notable cantatas: Louis Théodore Gouvy’s Le dernier Hymne d’Ossian (1858), Bernhard Hopffer’s Darthula’s Grabesgesang (1878), and Jules-Auguste Bordier’s Un rêve d’Ossian (1885) demonstrate the extent to which Ossian continued to inspire composers during six maturing decades of the Romantic Era.
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