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The Magic Flute cast: geological correlations with Mozart
Author(s) -
Whittaker A.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00838.x
Subject(s) - flute , mozart , opera , magic (telescope) , drama , alchemy , literature , art , art history , astronomy , physics
The year 1991 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Mozart. His last opera, The Magic Flute , was begun, completed and first performed in the year of his death, 1791. The creation of the opera was closely associated with prominent geologists of the time although the work itself is an alchemical drama, deriving more from Hermetic ‘science’ and magic than from the emerging ‘legitimate’ science of the day.