Harmonious Investigators of Nature
Music and the Persona of the German Naturforscher in the Nineteenth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4516105 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Myles W Jackson (Willamette University, corresponding author), Myles Jackson |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 121-145 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science in Context (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0269889703000759 |
| OpenAlex | W2151413830 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
ArgumentDuring the early nineteenth century, the German Association of Investigators of Nature and Physicians (Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte) drew upon the cultural resource of choral-society songs as a way to promote male camaraderie and intellectual collaboration. Investigators of nature and physicians wished to forge a unified, scientific identity in the absence of a national one, and music played a critical role in its establishment. During the 1820s and 30s, Liedertafel and folk songs formed a crucial component of their annual meetings. The lyrics of these tunes, whose melodies were famous folk songs, were rewritten to reflect the lives of investigators of nature and physicians. Indeed, the singing of these Liedertafel songs played an important part in the cultivation of the Naturforschers' persona well into the twentieth century
Aesthetics · Art · Choir · German · Humanities · Literature · Lyrics · Melody · Musical · Persona · Singing · Sociology · Visual arts · History · History of Science and Natural History · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2021 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |