Rilkes Musikalität

Contributions by Rüdiger Görner Contributions by Ivan Eidt Contributions by Thomas Martinec Contributions by Antonia Egel Contributions by Robert Vilain Contributions by Lothar van Laak Contributions by Winfried Eckel Contributions by Charlie Louth Contributions by Eva Meineke Edited by Thomas Martinec

Book cover: Rilkes Musikalität

Extent: 174 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(October 2019)

ISBN: 9783847110323

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $62.00

In stock

Die Auseinandersetzung mit der Musik ist fur Rilkes Werk von zentraler Bedeutung. Sie wird durch das komplexe Zusammenwirken von biographischen, literarischen und asthetischen Aspekten motiviert.


The essays in this volume explore musical aspects of Rilke’s works in the context of a modernist aesthetic in which music plays a key role. Biographical angles are taken into account alongside a focus on literary, philosophical and aesthetic traditions. The articles discuss Rilke’s overt reflections upon music, its role in the New Poems, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, and some of the late poetry, as well as the reception of Rilke within Surrealism. One of the main ambitions of this volume is to liberate Rilke’s ambivalent attitude towards music (the subject of many scholarly controversies) from the one-sided evaluations that have hitherto prevailed. Rilke’s enthusiasm for music, as well as his scepticism towards it, must both be seen as productive impulses for his works.

  • Contributions by Rüdiger Görner
  • Contributions by Ivan Eidt
  • Contributions by Thomas Martinec
  • Contributions by Antonia Egel
  • Contributions by Robert Vilain
  • Contributions by Lothar van Laak
  • Contributions by Winfried Eckel
  • Contributions by Charlie Louth
  • Contributions by Eva Meineke
  • Edited by Thomas Martinec