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19 TH CENTURY MUSIC Communications WILLIAM KINDERMAN In his article âBeethoven Heroine: A Female Allegory of Music and Authorship in Egmontâ (this journal 30 [2006], 97â132), Matthew Head writes that Goethe in his play âappears to critique the idealism of Egmont as much as the tyranny of Alba,â and that âthere is no reference to Egmont leading an uprisingâ (pp. 112, 111). Anyone acquainted with Goetheâs play, Beethovenâs music, and the sixteenth-century historical background is likely to be surprised by these claims. As is well known, Count Egmont was an opponent of the Inquisition and became a victim of the infamous âCouncil of Bloodâ erected by the Duke of Alba (or Alva), a ruler nicknamed âthe Iron Dukeâ by Protestants in the Low Countries because of his harsh rule and cruelty. The dialogue between Egmont and Alba in Goetheâs play (act IV, sc. 2, 85â86) touches on these themes: EGMONT: Religion, it is said, is merely a splendid device, behind which every dangerous design may be contrived with the greater ease; the prostrate crowds adore the sacred symbols pictured there while behind lurks the fowler ready to ensnare them. 96 ALBA: This must I hear from you? EGMONT:
19th-Century Music – University of California Press
Published: Jul 1, 2007
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