Description
Book SynopsisCompiles Johann Gottfried Herder's writings on music and nationalism, from his early volumes of Volkslieder through sacred song to the essays on aesthetics late in his life. The author uses the mode of translation to explore Herder's own interpretive practice as a translator of languages and cultures.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text
Note on Translation and Commentary
Prologue: Again, Herder
PART I. THE ONTOLOGY PROJECT
1. Folk Song at the Beginnings of National History: Essay on Alte Volkslieder (1774)
Translation from Alte Volkslieder / Ancient Folk Songs
2. The Folk Song Project at the Confluence of Music and Nationalism: Essay on Volkslieder (1778/79) and Stimmen der Völker in Liedern (1807)
Translation from Volkslieder and Stimmen der Völker in Liedern / Folk Songs and Voices of the People in Song
Appendix A: Introduction to the Folk Song Texts
Appendix B: Translation from the Folk Song Texts
3. Singing the Sacred Body: Essay on Lieder der Liebe (1778)
Translation from Lieder der Liebe: Die ältesten und schönsten aus Morgenlande / Songs of Love: The Oldest and Most Beautiful from the Orient
PART II. THE HISTORY PROJECT
4. The Nation and Its Fragments: Essay on “Briefwechsel u¨ber Ossian und die Lieder alter Völker” (1773)
Translation from “Briefwechsel u¨ber Ossian und die Lieder alter Völker” / “Correspondence about Ossian and the Songs of Ancient Peoples”
5. Songs of the Enlightenment Bard: Essay on “Homer und Ossian” (1794)
Translation of “Homer und Ossian” / “Homer and Ossian” 6. Redemption through Sacred Song: Essay on Letter 46, Theologische Schriften (1780/81)
Translation of Letter 46, Theologische Schriften / Theological Writings
PART III. THE NATION PROJECT
7. The Shores of Modernity: Essay on “Wirkung der Dichtkunst auf die Sitten neuerer Zeiten” (1777)
Translation from “Wirkung der Dichtkunst auf die Sitten neuerer Zeiten” / “The Influence of Poetry on the Customs of Modernity”
8. The Epic as Nation: Essay on Herder’s Der Cid Translation from Der Cid / The Cid
9. Music Transcendent and Sublime: Herder’s “Von Music” (1800)
Translation of “Von Musik” / “On Music”
Epilogue: Herder’s Journey
Notes
Bibliography
Index
