Geschichte des egyptischen konigs sethos terrasson, jean. Jan 22, 2011 the life of sethos by abbe jean terrasson. Kehidupan sethos, diambil dari kenangan pribadi bangsa mesir kuno bahasa prancis. The main part of the thesis is based on the novel of the enlightened priest jean terrasson sethos. In addition, the writings of the freemasons as well as eighteenthcentury literature and philosophy are examined to ascertain the degree to which the system of contrary duality was relevant in mozarts time.
An initiatory journey through the garden of illumination. It inspired numerous imitations, such as the abbe jean terrassons novel life of sethos 1731, which in turn inspired mozarts magic flute. His 1715 dissertation on homers iliad took the side of the moderns in the quarrel of the ancients and the moderns. People jean terrasson, 18thcentury french writer antoine terrasson, 18thcentury french erudite, nephew of jean terrasson andre terrasson, life of sethos. Receptions of the ancient near east in the early modern period brown university, ri hall 108 april 67, 2019 saturday, april 6, 2019. Read online the life of sethos and download the life of sethos book full in pdf formats. Life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians is an influential fantasy novel originally published in six volumes at paris in 1731 by the french abbe jean terrasson. Terrassonuv roman sethos a osvicenska egyptomanie marketa. Taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians, jean terrasson the life of sethos. Traduite dun manuscrit grec, first published anonymously in 1731 in three volumes, but soon acknowledged to be the work of jean terrasson 16701750.
Notes on the egyptian motifs in mozarts magic flute. Life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians french. Suffice it to note that the earliest descriptions of academies for egyptian priests, with large libraries and art galleries, are found not in any ancient text, but in an eighteenthcentury french work of historical fiction, the novel sethos by the abbe jean terrasson, which was first published in 1732. Kehidupan sethos wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. Author and text jean terrasson 1670, lyon 1750, paris is an underrated enlighten ment figure. Jean terrasson 31 january 1670 15 september 1750, often referred to as the abbe terrasson, was a french priest, author and member of the academie francaise. Published on jan 22, 2011 life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians, published in. It also more directly supplied the plot for mozarts opera, idomeneo 1781. Marketa medkova bachelors thesis terrassonuv roman sethos a osvicenska egyptomanie terrassons novel sethos and englightenment egyptomania. The magic flute source material san francisco opera. Terrasson had no access to egyptian sources and he would be. Jean terrasson, born in lyon, was elected a member of the academie francaise in 1707. Published on jan 22, 2011 life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians, published in 1731 by the french abbe jean terrasson.
Similarly, sethos, whose story in jean terrasson s 1731 novel so titled helped shape the flutes act 2, hands the princess whom he loves, and who loves him, to his half brother. The significance of ancient egyptian mysticism is stressed in this study for a better understanding of the opera. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. This belief was derived in part from ancient sources, which described how certain greek philosophers had studied with egyptian priests. The myth of a stolen legacy transhuman cosmic conscious.
Fantastique is a french term for a literary and cinematic genre that overlaps with science fiction, horror, and fantasy the fantastique is a substantial genre within french literature. Pdf the lost treasures of sethos, enlightened prince of egypt. Terrassons novel sethos and englightenment egyptomania core. The magic flute source material evidently emmanuel schikaneders. The notion that these individual sessions were part of an extensive formal programme of education derives from an historical novel, sethos 1731, by the abbe jean terrasson. To compare the libretto to other contemporary german literature of its time, an analysis of goethes torquato tasso and schillers don karlos and maria stuart is undertaken. Handbook of freemasonry edited by henrik bogdan, jan a. Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, issn 18746691. Life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians author. Egyptian hieroglyphs had not yet been deciphered at the time, so knowledge of ancient egypt was still largely derived from ancient greek and latin writers, whose knowledge of egyptian history was tenuous at best. Sethos, 1731, know of it as the source of the egyptian setting of mozarts opera of sixty. Life of sethos and the fictional world of archives. Following the festival, the musicians also gave a concert performance of the production in which the singers enchanted the audience with both their vocal and dramatic skills. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Evidently emmanuel schikaneders request for an opera from mozart stemmed from a need for a work that would attract as large an audience as possible, that would be of high artistic merit but popular at the same time. To compare the libretto to other contemporary german literature of its time, an analysis of goethes torquato tasso and schillers don karlos and maria stuart is. Arguably dating back further than english language fantasy, it remains an active and productive genre which has evolved in conjunction with anglophone fantasy and horror and other french and international. Il est dabord eleve a lacademie des sciences en 1707, puis successivement adjoint mecanicien en 1716, adjoint et associe geometre en 1718 et 1719. Rushton asserts that the composer made a significant contribution in this regard.
Jean terrasson 31 january 1670 15 september 1750, often referred to as the abbe. Similarly, sethos, whose story in jean terrassons 1731 novel so titled helped shape the flutes act 2, hands the princess whom he loves, and who loves him, to his half brother. He was a rationalist, literary critic, epistemologist, theologian. Every year since 1994 the fantasticarts festival awards fantastique films in the french town of gerardmer. Taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians. The masons in turn derived their misconceptions about egyptian mystery and initiation rites from the eighteenth century work of fiction sethos, a history or biography, based on unpublished memoirs of ancient egypt 1731 by the abbe jean terrasson 16701750, a professor of greek. His bestknown work is probably the fantasy novel life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of. Abbot terrasson was very popular among enlightenment intellectuals. Request pdf notes on the egyptian motifs in mozarts magic flute o peras are noted for their music rather than their librettos.
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