Goethe: Musical Poet, Musical Catalyst

Contents: Susan Youens: Preface - Otto Biba: Goethe's Presence in the Vienna Music Scene of his Era - Lorraine Byrne: Goethe and Zelter: An Exchange of Musical Letters - Claus Canisius: Gothe and Beethowen: Men of Genius between Distance and Affinity - Amanda Glauert: 'Ich denke dein': Beethoven's Retelling of Goethe's Poetry - Moray McGowan: Fidelio and Faust in the German 'Wende' of 1989/90 - Jan Smaczny: Goethe and the Czechs - Briony Williams: Bettina von Arnim, Goethe and the Boundaries of Creativity - Gareth Cox: Blumengruss und Blumenglockchen: Goethe's Influence on Anton Webern - Nicholas Boyle: 'Thealogy': Gods, Goddesses, and Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre - Julian Horton: Schumann's Requiem fur Mignon and the Concept of Music as Literature - Adolf Nowak: Mignon's Exequies and Aesthetic Reflections of the Liturgy in Music - Seoirse Bodley: Mignon und der Harfner.