Sara Levy's world : gender, Judaism, and the Bach tradition in enlightenment Berlin

Author(s)

• Cypess, Rebecca
• Sinkoff, Nancy

Bibliographic Information

Sara Levy's world : gender, Judaism, and the Bach tradition in enlightenment Berlin

edited by Rebecca Cypess and Nancy Sinkoff

（Eastman studies in music, v. 145）

University of Rochester Press, 2018

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-277) and index

Contents of Works

• Experiencing Sara Levy's world / Nancy Sinkoff
• What was the Berlin Jewish salon around 1800? / Marjanne E. Goozé
• Sara Levy's musical salon and her Bach collection / Christoph Wolff
• Remaining within the fold : the cultural and social world of Sara Levy / Natalie Naimark-Goldberg
• Women's voices in Bach's musical world : Christiane Mariane von Ziegler and Faustina Bordoni / George B. Stauffer
• Lessing and the limits of Enlightenment / Martha B. Helfer
• Poetry, music, and the limits of harmony : Mendelssohn's aesthetic critique of Christianity / Elias Sacks
• Longing for the sublime : Jewish self-consciousness and the St. Matthew Passion in Biedermeier Berlin / Yael Sela
• Duets in the collection of Sara Levy and the ideal of "Unity in multiplicity" / Rebecca Cypess
• The sociability of salon culture and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's quartets / Steven Zohn
• The salonnière and the diplomat : letters from Sara Levy to Karl Gustav von Brinckmann / Barbara Hahn

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A rich interdisciplinary exploration of the world of Sara Levy, a Jewish salonniere and skilled performing musician in late eighteenth-century Berlin, and her impact on the Bach revival, German-Jewish life, and Enlightenment culture. Sara Levy nee Itzig (1761-1854), a salonniere, skilled performing musician, and active participant in enlightened Prussian Jewish society, played a powerful role in shaping the dynamic cultural world of late eighteenth- and earlynineteenth-century Berlin. A patron and collector of music, she studied harpsichord with Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-84) and commissioned musical compositions from both Friedemann and his brother Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-88). Archival evidence demonstrates Levy's position as an essential link in the transmission of the music of their father, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), and as a catalyst for the "Bach revival" of the early nineteenth century, which was led by her great-nephew Felix Mendelssohn. Sara Levy's World: Gender, Judaism, and the Bach Tradition in Enlightenment Berlin represents the first scholarly exploration of the cultural, political, and aesthetic contexts that shaped Levy's world. Bringing together leading scholars from the fields of musicology, Jewish Studies, history, literary studies, gender studies, and philosophy, this volume presents cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on the numerous mutually reinforcing aspects of Levy's life and work. Contributors: Rebecca Cypess, Marjanne E. Gooze, Barbara Hahn, Martha B. Helfer, Natalie Naimark-Goldberg, Elias Sacks, Yael Sela, Nancy Sinkoff, George B. Stauffer, Christoph Wolff, Steven Zohn Rebecca Cypess is Associate Professor of Music at Rutgers University. Nancy Sinkoff is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History and Director ofthe Center for European Studies at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Experiencing Sara Levy's World Part One: Portrait of a Jewish Female Artist: Music, Identity, Image What Was the Berlin Jewish Salon Around 1800? Sara Levy's Musical Salon and Her Bach Collection Remaining Within the Fold: The Cultural and Social World of Sara Levy Women's Voices in Bach's Musical World: Christiane Mariane von Ziegler and Faustina Bordoni Part Two: Music, Aesthetics, and Philosophy: Jews and Christians in Sara Levy's World Lessing and the Limits of Enlightenment Poetry, Music, and the Limits of Harmony: Mendelssohn's Aesthetic Critique of Christianity Longing for the Sublime: Jewish Self-Consciousness and the St. Matthew Passion in Biedermeier Berlin Part Three: Studies in Sara Levy's Collection Duets in the Collection of Sara Levy and the Ideal of "Unity in Multiplicity" The Sociability of Salon Culture and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Quartets Appendix: The Salonniere and the Diplomat: Letters from Sara Levy to Karl Gustav von Brinckmann Bibliography List of Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BB26715265
• ISBN:
  • 9781580469210
• LCCN: 2018006241
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Rochester, NY
• Pages/Volumes: x, 292 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML417.L645
  • DC23 : 780.92
  • DC23 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Levy, Sara, 1761-1854
  • LCSH : Jewish musicians -- Germany -- Berlin
  • LCSH : Jewish women -- Germany -- Berlin
  • LCSH : Bach family -- Appreciation -- Germany -- Berlin
  • LCSH : Music -- Social aspects -- Germany -- Berlin -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA27676296