Playing with art: musical arrangements as educational tools in van Swieten's Vienna

Art played a significant part in the educational ideal promoted by German intellectuals in the late eighteenth century. Gottfried van Swieten, President of the Court Commission for Education in Vienna and librettist for The Creation, was instrumental in developing and promoting the role of art in th...

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Main Author: Thormahlen, Wiebke (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010-08.
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