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. Mozart transformed the singspiel into an allegory of his own. He was a rationalist, literary critic, epistemologist, theologian. 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. It also more directly supplied the plot for mozarts opera, idomeneo 1781. The myth of a stolen legacy transhuman cosmic conscious. 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. Sethos by jean terrasson, 1767, chez desaint edition, in french francais nouv. Life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians french. Abbot terrasson was very popular among enlightenment intellectuals. An english translation by thomas lediard published at london by j. Kant mentions terrasson in several of his writings and he possessed the german version of. Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, issn 18746691.
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. Sethos, 1731, know of it as the source of the egyptian setting of mozarts opera of sixty. Pdf the lost treasures of sethos, enlightened prince of egypt. Taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians. The main part of the thesis is based on the novel of the enlightened priest jean terrasson sethos. Il est dabord eleve a lacademie des sciences en 1707, puis successivement adjoint mecanicien en 1716, adjoint et associe geometre en 1718 et 1719. Receptions of the ancient near east in the early modern period brown university, ri hall 108 april 67, 2019 saturday, april 6, 2019. He today is remembered mostly as the author of the adventures of telemachus, first published in 1699. It inspired numerous imitations, such as the abbe jean terrassons novel life of sethos 1731, which in turn inspired mozarts magic flute. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. 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. Published on jan 22, 2011 life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians, published in. This belief was derived in part from ancient sources, which described how certain greek philosophers had studied with egyptian priests. Terrasson had no access to egyptian sources and he would be.
Every year since 1994 the fantasticarts festival awards fantastique films in the french town of gerardmer. The american president andrew jackson wallpapered the entrance hall to his slave. The significance of ancient egyptian mysticism is stressed in this study for a better understanding of the opera. 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. People jean terrasson, 18thcentury french writer antoine terrasson, 18thcentury french erudite, nephew of jean terrasson andre terrasson, life of sethos. 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. Author and text jean terrasson 1670, lyon 1750, paris is an underrated enlighten ment figure. Simon rattle also revealed himself to be an excellent interpreter of mozart, bringing out the whole transparency, tonal beauty and drama of the score. Terrassons novel sethos and englightenment egyptomania core. His 1715 dissertation on homers iliad took the side of the moderns in the quarrel of the ancients and the moderns. The magic flute source material san francisco opera. Life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians author.
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. His bestknown work is probably the fantasy novel life of sethos, taken from private memoirs of. Jan 22, 2011 the life of sethos by abbe jean terrasson. Jean terrasson 31 january 1670 15 september 1750, often referred to as the abbe. Kehidupan sethos wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. 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. Read online the life of sethos and download the life of sethos book full in pdf formats. 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. 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. Although now completely forgotten, the novel was widely read in the eighteenth centuryof course terrasson did not have. Traduite dun manuscrit grec, first published anonymously in 1731 in three volumes, but soon acknowledged to be the work of jean terrasson 16701750. Ritualistic elements, including the ancient egyptian setting can be traced to jean terrassons novel, sethos, dating from 1731. Geschichte des egyptischen konigs sethos terrasson, jean.
Taken from private memoirs of the ancient egyptians, jean terrasson the life of sethos. Request pdf notes on the egyptian motifs in mozarts magic flute o peras are noted for their music rather than their librettos. Kehidupan sethos, diambil dari kenangan pribadi bangsa mesir kuno bahasa prancis. Marketa medkova bachelors thesis terrassonuv roman sethos a osvicenska egyptomanie terrassons novel sethos and englightenment egyptomania. The magic flute source material evidently emmanuel schikaneders. Notes on the egyptian motifs in mozarts magic flute. An initiatory journey through the garden of illumination. 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. Life of sethos and the fictional world of archives. Jean terrasson, born in lyon, was elected a member of the academie francaise in 1707. 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. Handbook of freemasonry edited by henrik bogdan, jan a. 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.