Testament is written in a lofty spirit, with enthusiasm, and belongs to the realm of poetry. Paul examines goethe s role as a champion of eastern literature in the west and talks to poets and historians about the lasting legacy of the ideas that inform the west eastern divan. Set alongside bidneys wit and concision, the prosody of john whaley, whose 1974 bilingual poems of the west and east. Gingko marks 200th anniversary of goethes westeastern. Goethe s intercultural dialogues global academic publishing books, by johann wolfgang v. A discussion takes place which begins as a lyrical dialogue between goethe and. Translation and world literature in goethes westeast divan. Filasteen young musicians orchestra on first europe tour. Goethe extends the scope of gods face from east and west to north and southa rephrasing that is likely to resonate strongly with. The title westostlicher divan westeastern divan is ambivalent, and shows that the work is not to be understood unidimensionally, but as a dialogue richter, p. He then led his readers as a friendly outsider through the poems of the divan via the medium of his renderings. Goethe s intercultural dialogues 2010, with commentary by martin bidney. Ihaam provides safe textual hiding places for a liberalhearted poet like hafez to. Westeastern diwan influenced poets such as friedrich ruckert, who in 1822 issued his ostliche rosen eastern roses collection of oriental poetry, as well as christian morgenstern and walter benjamin.
Northerly and southerly lands rest peacefully in his hands. Goethe extends the scope of gods face from east and west to north and southa rephrasing that is likely to resonate strongly with contemporary readers living in what is often called the. In his essay dyer also engages with some of the more complex aspects of utopian musical. Uniting arabs, israelis legendary conductor daniel barenboim leads an orchestra that brings together people from groups in conflict in the middle east. The west eastern divan was written between 1814 and 1819, the year when it was first published. It features poems written in their original languages including, from the eastern side persian, arabic, and turkish, with translations in. Bilingual edition of the complete poems hardcover published january 1st 1998 by peter lang publishing. East west bridge builders state university of new york press. Pdf translation and world literature in goethes westeast. The orchestra was named after a collection of poems by goethe, inspired by the persian poet hafiz, which deal with the idea of the other as a manifestation or element of the self. The westeastern divan participated in the 9th gwangju biennale in 2012. Ihaam provides safe textual hiding places for a liberalhearted poet like hafez to conceal his real thoughts from the critics. The poets worked together to produce poems inspired by goethe s anthology. The west east divan published in 1819 and expanded in 1827 is goethe s most extensive collection of poems.
Bbc radio 3 twenty minutes, goethe and the westeastern. In 1999, daniel barenboim and the late palestinian literary scholar edward w. It was inspired by the works of the persian poet hafez. Works by twelve poets from the east and twelve from the west respond to the themes laid out in goethe sdivan and build bridges between cultures, nationalities, and languages. Goethe s intercultural dialogues global academic publishing books, by johann wolfgang v pdf at december 10, 2010. Stimulated by the divan collection by medieval pub poet hafiz, goethe blends his own identity with that of the persian sufi master who sang the delights of wine and tavern romance in a context. This quatrain, with which he prefaces the prose section of the divan, is not only of significance for the divan reader but also for us today. This ambitious anthology brings together new poems by twentyfour leading poets 12 from the east and 12 from. This translation sets a new standard for goethe s divan. This new bilingual edition expertly presents the wit, intelligence, humor, and technical mastery of the poetry in goethe s divan. In november 2012, maestro barenboim announced the formation of the barenboimsaid academy in berlin, germany, which will upon its opening in 2015 translate the experience of the west eastern divan orchestra into a permanent, yearround institution for young musicians from the middle east, building on the legacy of edward w. Given the formal constraints of my thesis, i decided to focus on ten of these to make my case, and reduced the number for intensive consideration as listed belowwith lesser reference to the westlcher the first chapter of the thesis introduces hafez, explains the origin of his lyrical form ghazal and describes its formal aspects.
A new divan is a gingko project that will celebrate the 200th anniversary of goethe s west eastern divan 1819. Features fullscreen sharing embed analytics article stories visual stories seo. The west eastern divan is one of the worlds great works of literature, an inspired masterpiece, and a poetic linking of european and persian traditions. Goethe s intercultural dialogues global academic publishing at. Goethes the westeastern divan revisited 200 years later. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The young players were invited from israel, the palestinian territories, lebanon, jordon. The rest of the volume is devoted to bidneys own commentary poems to goethes divan, which form a corpus of variations on eastwest themes and motifs from goethes collection and elsewhere, on beethoven, schumann, coleridge, shelley, blake, schiller, pindar, and a myriad other sources. Dec 15, 2010 in westeast divan 1819, germanys greatest poet j. A comprehensive account of goethe s relationship to arabian culture, mediated by his interest in certain poets and texts and by his highly nuanced attitude toward islam.
The west eastern divan orchestra is an orchestra based in seville, spain, consisting of musicians from countries in the middle east, of egyptian, iranian, israeli, jordanian, lebanese, palestinian, syrian and spanish background it was founded in 1999 by the conductor daniel barenboim and academic edward said, and named after an anthology of poems by goethe. Mar 29, 2015 hear actor helen morse read an excerpt from goethes westeastern divan, translated from the german by edward dowden. A new divan a lyrical dialogue between east and west. Hear actor helen morse read an excerpt from goethes west eastern divan, translated from the german by edward dowden. Goethe believed an east west dialogue would continue long after him, and this was the challenge taken up by schwepcke when she announc ed a new divan on september 15, 2015, the 200th anniversary. Poetry if you would know to its country you must go. Suleika was the persian woman of extreme beauty who inspired much love poetry. West eastern diwan was written between 1814 and 1819, the year when it was first published. Translations of goethe s poems about arabia and persia and his essays on islamic culture. Goethe ost westlicher diwan pdf goethe, the most renowned poet of german literature, was already from his goethe s west ostlicher divan marks a literary encounter between german and. It is worth remembering, in these times, the love affair the west once had with the east, imputing to it all that was exotic, erotic, and decadent the orientalising fetish dissected by edward said and many others since. The orchestra took its name from goethe s persianinspired book of poetry, west eastern divan. If the poet you would know to the poets country go.
West eastern divan orchestra as constructed by barenboim and said, in that arabs and jews work through music to become an interactive and productive sociality, in contrast to the destructive conflict that the majority are understood as living out in real life. Suleika is the beloved of hafiz, in goethes west eastern divan. It is part of goethe s late work and the last great cycle of poetry he wrote. Divan translated, with introduction and commentary poems, by martin bidney. Goethe s manuscript is part of unescos memory of the world programme. For 20 years, the west eastern divan orchestra has been a significant presence in the international music world. Stimulated by the divan collection by medieval pub poet hafiz, goethe blends his own identity with that of the persian sufi master who sang the delights of wine and tavern romance in a context of quranic allusion. In order to preserve the works original power, eric.
The west eastern divan orchestra, cofounded by daniel barenboim and edward said, is an essay towards conversation between the palestinian territories and israel. Edited by bill swainson and barbara haus schwepcke. The orchestra bridging the israelipalestinian divide. Said created a workshop for young musicians to promote coexistence and intercultural dialogue. Goethe s original work shows the poet looking east from his homeland of germany to build a collection of writing inspired by the poetic traditions of persia. In 1923 the persianlanguage poet sir muhammad iqbal issued the payamemashriq message from the east in reply to goethes salute. Goethe s book is a pathbreaker, a boundarycrossing intercultural poetic dialogueone of the most notable and far reaching visions of east west. A new divan revisits goethe s work in a lively celebration of crosscultural exchange. Goethe opens the notes and commentaries meant to help readers better understand his west east divan with the words. Westeastern divan orchestra westeastern divan orchestra. Literary criticism wind atem and geist in goethe s west stlicher divan. Gingko marks 200th anniversary of goethes westeastern divan. This holds true for the majority of his translations, wherein he instead substituted the repetitive monorhymes with a radif or westlcher. One of the orchestras cofounders, daniel barenboim, is an argentineborn pianist and conductor, who moved with his family to israel at the age of nine.
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