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35 - Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
University of Bristol : B - Music
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Chapter title
'Mehrere Arten von Vollkommenheit'. Johann Nikolaus Forkel am Abgrund des Relativismus
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Universal Edition
Book title
Vom Preis des Fortschritts. Gewinn und Verlust in der Musikgeschichte
ISBN of book
978-3-7024-6641-1
Year of publication
2008
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
The first article to position Johann Nikolaus Forkel's 'General History of Music' (one of the major projects of music historiography in the late 18th century) in the context of his professional work and aspirations at the University of Göttingen and its History Department. The article explains features of the 'General History' as an attempt to match the standard set by writings of Göttingen historians, as an attempt to prove that music could be a 'proper' academic subject. This, in turn, is placed in the wider context of the development of enlightenment historiography, its aims and blind spots.
