<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This study focuses on mad scenes in poetry and musical theatre, stressing that, according to Aristotle’s theory on catharsis and the Affektenlehre, they had a pedagogical role on the audience. Some mad scenes by J.S. Bach, Handel and Mozart are briefly analyzed, highlighting their most relevant textual and musical characteristics.</p></abstract>

This study focuses on mad scenes in poetry and musical theatre, stressing that, according to Aristotle’s theory on catharsis and the Affektenlehre, they had a pedagogical role on the audience. Some mad scenes by J.S. Bach, Handel and Mozart are briefly analyzed, highlighting their most relevant textual and musical characteristics.

Number 13 / Part I. Music. 3. Mad Scenes: A Warning against Overwhelming Passions

Review of Artistic Education

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This study focuses on mad scenes in poetry and musical theatre, stressing that, according to Aristotle’s theory on catharsis and the Affektenlehre, they had a...

Number 13 / Part I. Music. 3. Mad Scenes: A Warning against Overwhelming Passions

Publié en ligne: 16 mars 2017

Pages: 23 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rae-2017-0003

Mots clés
Affektenlehre, Austro-German composers of the eighteenth century, catharsis, hallucinations, rage

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Number 13 / Part I. Music. 3. Mad Scenes: A Warning against Overwhelming Passions

Publié en ligne: 16 mars 2017

Pages: 23 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rae-2017-0003

Mots clésAffektenlehre, Austro-German composers of the eighteenth century, catharsis, hallucinations, rage

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Affektenlehre, Austro-German composers of the eighteenth century, catharsis, hallucinations, rage