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Goethe, like Shakespeare and Dante, is among the few writers who define the Western tradition. Known to most reader as a peerless lyric poet and the author of such masterpieces as Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe, a true universal genius, excelled as a philosopher, scientist, and critic.
An older contemporary of Mozart, Goethe was born in Frankfurt, in 1749. Moving to Leipzig, in 1765, to study law, Goethe immersed himself in art, poetry, music, history, and German folk tradition.
His immense poetic talent and intellectual brilliance manifesting themselves in his youth, Goethe wrote poetry and embarked on his lifelong project of investigating plant physiology. With the publication of his Werther (1774), an extraordinary account of tragic love, Goethe became a European sensation, as the novel literally captivated readers throughout Europe, even prompting some to emulate the unfortunate protagonist by committing suicide. In 1775, Goethe joined the court of Saxe-Weimar, settling there for good, and accepting several positions and honors in the small German state, including the post of prime minister. An Italian sojourn, from 1786 to 1788, was a life-altering experience, as the poet passionately embraced Italian culture and its classical sources. Works from this period include his Roman Elegies,
Egmont, and Iphigenie auf Tauris. Goethe was initially entranced by the French Revolution; however, limiting his enthusiasm to the professed humanism of some of revolutionary ideals, he condemned the revolution's violence; furthermore, adhering to his ideal of humanism, Goethe distanced himself from the Romantic glorification of nationhood. What makes Goethe a truly timeless and universal artist is his desire to understand the human individual as such, and not as a entity defined by any social group.This desire inspired his bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister, the first volume of which appeared in 1796. Another work reflecting Goethe's struggle to comprehend the unique human mystery is his monumental drama Faust, based on the medieval legend of a scholar he sells his soul to the devil in exchange for absolute knowledge, in which Goethe presented, in poetic form, his conception of human destiny as a tragic quest for absolute knowledge and ultimate salvation. Published in its entirety after the poet's death (Part I appeared in 1808), Faust, to which Goethe devoted his entire life as a writer, is a story, enriched by the poet's tremendous erudition, of humankind's relentless search for spiritual meaning.
A keen student of physics, whose research included color theory and acoustics, Goethe had a lifelong interest in music. Although he sometimes failed to appreciate the greatest music of his time, preferring Zelter to Beethoven and Schubert, Goethe exerted a profound influence on the German lied, as he clearly understood the deeply intimate connection between lyric poetry and music. Realizing the extraordinary richness and musicality of Goethe's poetry, great composers, including Schubert and Brahms, found true inspiration in his poems. For example, in his ballad Der Erlkönig (The Erlking), inspired by Goethe's haunting poem, Schubert masterfully reinforces, with frantic triplets in the piano accompaniment, the poetic description of the heartless demonic force in relentless pursuit of a father and his child in the dead of the night. Goethe's Faust, which also explores the power of demonic forces, found its musical incarnation, after the poet's death, in such works as Liszt's Faust Symphony and Berlioz' La damnation de Faust. According to Goethe, however, the ideal Faust composer would have been Mozart. Goethe, who died in 1832, may have misunderstood his younger contemporaries Beethoven and Schubert, but his assessment of Mozart's genius was profound and prophetic, for he discerned the demonic quality in Mozart's music that only future commentators would understand.
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Habe Mut! Denke selbst! Die große Philosophie Hörbuch Box für ein bewussteres Leben (Vol. 1: Kant, Lichtenberg, Nietzsche, Kleist, Gracián, Goethe und Pascal)
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, Heinrich von Kleist, Balthasar Gracián, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Humour/Spoken Word - BÄNG Management & Verlag 発売日 2013/03/04
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Goethe: Faust 1 (Die Gründgens-Inszenierung 1954)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gustaf Gründgens
Humour/Spoken Word - Deutsche Grammophon Literatur 発売日 1954/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Erlkönig", Op. 1, D 328
Classical - Filip Bandzak [dist. Tratore] 発売日 2022/07/01
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Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 - Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Classical - APR 発売日 2003/06/01
Choc du Monde de la MusiqueDiapason d'orTimbre de platine16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven, Debussy, Poulenc & Others: Songs (Live)
Classical - Bridge Records 発売日 2011/06/14
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Œuvres vocales et orchestrales
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Naxos 発売日 2009/07/28
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Sizilien (Italienische Reise, Teil 8)
Classical - Audio Media Digital 発売日 2020/09/18
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Die Leiden des jungen Werther
Classical - Audio Media Digital 発売日 2023/07/01
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Singers of the Century: Eugenia Zareska Song Recital (2019 Remaster)
Classical - Jube Classic 発売日 2019/08/09
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Goethe & Vulpius: "Lieber Geheimerath..."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christiane Vulpius
Humour/Spoken Word - Deutsche Grammophon Literatur 発売日 1998/01/01
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 & Other Works
Classical - Andromeda 発売日 2006/06/29
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Goethe & Schiller: Briefwechsel
Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Humour/Spoken Word - Deutsche Grammophon Literatur 発売日 1994/09/06
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Lieder Nach Texten Von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Michael Raucheisen, Michael Raucheisen (Klavier)
Classical - Documents 発売日 2008/09/09
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Alto Rhapsody & Tragic Overture
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Martha Lipton, Guido Cantelli, Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic
Classical - Stradivarius 発売日 1988/11/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sturm und Drang
Chamber Music - TACET Musikproduktion 発売日 1990/01/01
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Goethe: Faust 2 (Die Gründgens-Inszenierung 1959)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gustaf Gründgens
Humour/Spoken Word - Deutsche Grammophon Literatur 発売日 1959/01/01
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Iphigenie auf Tauris
Humour/Spoken Word - Deutsche Grammophon Literatur 発売日 1957/01/01
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Mignon-Vertonungen
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Ulrike Sonntag, Gisela Andreas
Classical - TACET Musikproduktion 発売日 2020/01/01
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Die größte Hörbuch Box (Werther, Faust, Novelle, Reineke Fuchs, Die Wahlverwandtschaften, Märchen, Gedichte)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sven Görtz, Jürgen Fritsche
Humour/Spoken Word - BÄNG Management & Verlag 発売日 2021/06/26
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo