«Jubel og Kjærlighed, Fortvivlelse og Vanvid, Alt laa i dette tonende Væld»
Abstract This article focuses on references to the piano in 19th-century Norwegian fiction. Using the Norwegian National Library’s digitized collections, I have located nearly 11.000 books published in the 19th century, and in these, I searched for the keywords “piano,” “pianoforte” and...
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This article focuses on references to the piano in 19th-century
Norwegian fiction. Using the Norwegian National Library’s digitized
collections, I have located nearly 11.000 books published in the
19th century, and in these, I searched for the keywords
“piano,” “pianoforte” and “klaver”. There are more than 1700 books
containing at least one of these words: I then categorized the findings,
according to the context or situations in which the words were applied in
the literature. The findings testify to the diverse and fascinating
role the piano played in the late 1800s: both as part of discourses
concerning good breeding and as a means to get a marriage proposal,
but also as a tool for expressing one's (unaccepted) emotions and
sexuality. This article highlights perspectives on the social and
gendered dimensions of music that are largely overlooked by other
approaches, and thereby contributes to an increased understanding
of gendered notions related to the piano. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a365ebb4316c4bbf919ded6aab4da2b52025-08-20T02:25:47ZengScandinavian University PressStudia Musicologica Norvegica0332-50241504-29602019-01-0145476010.18261/issn.1504-2960-2019-01-0518948693«Jubel og Kjærlighed, Fortvivlelse og Vanvid, Alt laa i dette tonende Væld»Lise Karin MelingAbstract This article focuses on references to the piano in 19th-century Norwegian fiction. Using the Norwegian National Library’s digitized collections, I have located nearly 11.000 books published in the 19th century, and in these, I searched for the keywords “piano,” “pianoforte” and “klaver”. There are more than 1700 books containing at least one of these words: I then categorized the findings, according to the context or situations in which the words were applied in the literature. The findings testify to the diverse and fascinating role the piano played in the late 1800s: both as part of discourses concerning good breeding and as a means to get a marriage proposal, but also as a tool for expressing one's (unaccepted) emotions and sexuality. This article highlights perspectives on the social and gendered dimensions of music that are largely overlooked by other approaches, and thereby contributes to an increased understanding of gendered notions related to the piano.https://www.idunn.no/smn/2019/01/jubel_og_kjaerlighed_fortvivlelse_og_vanvid_alt_laa_i_detpianogenderNorwegian fiction19th century Norwegianfiction19thcentury |
| spellingShingle | Lise Karin Meling «Jubel og Kjærlighed, Fortvivlelse og Vanvid, Alt laa i dette tonende Væld» Studia Musicologica Norvegica piano gender Norwegian fiction 19th century Norwegianfiction 19thcentury |
| title | «Jubel og Kjærlighed, Fortvivlelse og
Vanvid, Alt laa i dette tonende Væld» |
| title_full | «Jubel og Kjærlighed, Fortvivlelse og
Vanvid, Alt laa i dette tonende Væld» |
| title_fullStr | «Jubel og Kjærlighed, Fortvivlelse og
Vanvid, Alt laa i dette tonende Væld» |
| title_full_unstemmed | «Jubel og Kjærlighed, Fortvivlelse og
Vanvid, Alt laa i dette tonende Væld» |
| title_short | «Jubel og Kjærlighed, Fortvivlelse og
Vanvid, Alt laa i dette tonende Væld» |
| title_sort | jubel og kjaerlighed fortvivlelse og vanvid alt laa i dette tonende vaeld |
| topic | piano gender Norwegian fiction 19th century Norwegianfiction 19thcentury |
| url | https://www.idunn.no/smn/2019/01/jubel_og_kjaerlighed_fortvivlelse_og_vanvid_alt_laa_i_det |
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