Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

by Karl Barth

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2003

Overview

“Barth was sometimes asked if his theology demanded a different master in music than Mozart. Barth’s response noted in this volume was emphatically, and characteristically to some, negative—Nein. Regardless of what one makes of Mozart, or of Barth’s view of him . . . the reader gains a greater understanding of Barth’s theology through attention to his reflections on Mozart. For ‘the evangelical Christian,’ Barth’s fascination with the ‘Catholic’ and ‘Freemason’ Mozart was by no means an anomaly that strikes a dissonant chord in Barth’s theological symphony. Rather, it resonates with the melodic line. Like a magic flute, Barth’s tribute to Mozart serves as a key to unlocking the door to the mysteries of Barth’s view of God’s ways with the world.”

Key Features

• Featues a key title from Karl Barth
• Examines an important topic from a Reformed twentieth-century perspective
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Product Details

• Title: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Author: Karl Barth
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 64
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 › Criticism and interpretation
• ISBNs: 9781592444366, 1592444369
• Resource ID: LLS:WLFGNGMDSMZRT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:51:13Z

About Karl Barth

Karl Barth (May 10, 1886–December 10, 1968) was a twentieth-century Swiss theologian in the Reformed tradition. A vigorous opponent of theological liberalism and modernism, he is sometimes called “the Father of Neo-Orthodoxy.”