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Jana Perutková
Von der mährischen Aristokratie in der ersten Hälfte des
18. Jahrhunderts veranstaltete musikdramatische Aufführungen
als Spiegel musikalischer Feste am Wiener Kaiserhof
In the first half of the 18th century, Moravia’s aristocratic families tried to imitate the Viennese
Court’s promotion of opera by performing derived works of more diminutive musical theatre.
Frequently,
Moravian
nobles
also
organised
musical
theatre
productions,
such
as
operas,
serenate
and musical
comedies,
in
which
they themselves
frequently
appeared.
As far as
its
relationship
to
music and above all productions to musical theatre is concerned, the Moravian nobility can be
divided into three groups:
- The first consisted of music-loving aristocrats who participated solely as listeners in musical
and theatrical productions.
- The second comprised nobles who maintained their own orchestras.
- From the perspective of music history, the third and most important group was formed by
aristocrats who had operas or oratorios performed over a longer period of time, such as Count
Johann
Adam
Questenberg,
Count
Franz
Anton
Rottal
and
Wolfgang
Hannibal
von
Schratten-
bach, Cardinal and Bishop of Olmütz.
In the period between 1720 and 1740, Moravia’s most influential musical and social centre was
Questenberg’s Schloss in Jarmeritz. Questenberg was one of the very few Moravian aristocrats
who did his best to imitate the panegyric trends of the Court and the Habsburg dynasty. Even
though these reached their apogee under the reign of Charles VI, their content differed in im-
portant details: for example, Questenberg’s pivotal agenda was his Moravian patriotism. Above
all, three operas – L’amor non ha legge by A. Caldara (1728), L’origine di Jaromeriz in Moravia
(1730)
by
Franz
Anton
Mitscha
and
Il delizioso retiro scielto da Lucullo, console Romano
(1738)
by
Ignazio Maria Conti – all of which were commissioned by Questenberg, pursue his patriotic and
political ideas and reflect the Count’s attitude towards life and towards his goals in life.
Der hohe Grad an Identifikation des mährischen Adels mit dem Wiener Hof lässt
sich auch daran ablesen, dass dessen führende Familien durch die Aufführung musik-
dramatischer Werke versuchten, dem Hof nachzueifern und ihn zu imitieren. Der
mährische Adel verhielt sich in dieser Beziehung auffallend anders als der böhmi-
sche Adel, der zwar ebenfalls ein reiches Musikleben entwickelte, doch ein wesent-
lich stärkeres Gewicht auf Instrumentalmusik legte.1 Neueste Forschungsergebnisse
zeigen, dass die kunstliebende aristokratische Gesellschaft in Mähren offenbar eine
weitgehend homogene Gruppe bildete.2 So gilt für die gesamte Gruppe der mähri-
Die Repräsentation der Habsburg-Lothringischen Dynastie in Musik, visuellen Medien und Architektur
1618–1918
Representing the Habsburg-Lorraine Dynasty in Music, Visual Media and Architecture
- Title
- Die Repräsentation der Habsburg-Lothringischen Dynastie in Musik, visuellen Medien und Architektur
- Subtitle
- 1618–1918
- Editor
- Werner Telesko
- Publisher
- Böhlau Verlag
- Location
- Wien
- Date
- 2017
- Language
- German
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-205-20507-4
- Size
- 17.0 x 24.0 cm
- Pages
- 448
- Categories
- Geschichte Vor 1918