Abert's Grove Entry Analysis

Abert’s Grove entry provides an overview of her success as Duchess but also her successes outside of the regency. Amalia was known for her influence in synthesizing poetry and music at the time. After tending to her role as Duchess, Amalia toured Italy and in response wrote an essay adoring Italian singing. The understanding that we have gain through Abert does not have great details but we must bridge this gap with the help of Jezic we can have a fuller understanding of Amalia’s life.
Jezic’s chapter in Women composers on Amalia’s life has a general timeline which describes not only major events, but as well as the minor events leading up to them. In the chapter regarding Amalia, it discusses the music education she received from her private instructors going up in the court of Brunswick. While the detail of her training is not discussed it can be …show more content…
While Dr. Randall’s thesis is primarily about Weimar it covers the time which Anna Amalia is alive and in Weimar. Randall’s thesis covers the topic of collaboration rather than the success of individual people. A major collaboration that is discussed in this thesis is Goethe and Amalia. Major composition impacted culture greatly during this time but daily life in Weimar was also affected by music and it’s role in life. Along with Daily music there was also “private” music. This music was often unpublished. Randall notes that Anna Amalia and her son was the focal point of Weimar in many aspects including economically employing the population. The impact cause by Amalia’s husband on Weimar influenced Amalia’s impact on music in many negative ways. Amalia was not able to compose and focus on her music because she had to focus on Weimar. Randall covers a lot about the culture of Weimar along with the impact of collaborations. This whole paragraph makes little sense? So be sure you go to the writing center before you turn in your last