Season 9.2 · 9 Jun 20219 #23 "Ruled like music paper!" • Bach • Nerval • Lévi-Strauss- 5:27Flute-playing king who invites Bach and gives him the royal theme of the Musical Offering.
Frédéric II
Appears in 13 videos · 13 passages, 2 of them in depth.
What Dominique Pagani says
Dominique Pagani mainly speaks of Frederick II as a flute-playing king and musician who gives Bach the "royal theme" on which Bach improvises a fugue, the origin of the Musical Offering12. This episode comes back in sessions devoted to music, from "La Musique de l'Histoire" in 2015 to "De Bach aux Pygmées" in 20223. He also links the king to Voltaire, whom the king invites to his court and makes his adviser. Another point comes back: the king despises German, imposes French on his court and considers German fit for horses4. He builds the Sans-Souci palace at Potsdam on the model of Versailles and gives it a French name. In a session on happiness in music, he uses this Frenchified court to distinguish aristocratic pleasure from happiness5. In a 2017 session, he makes clear that the Frederick II he is talking about is not the King of Prussia.
- 1#3.3 D'Ulysse à Dédale1 Aug 2017 · 1:28:12
- 29 #23 "C'est réglé comme du papier à musique !" • Bach • Nerval • Lévi-Strauss9 Jun 2021 · 5:27
- 3DE BACH AUX PYGMÉES • Pagani Parle Musique22 Jun 2022 · 16:01
- 4#10 UKRAINE : Du problème des "Bords" au déchaînement de la guerre24 Feb 2022 · 23:53
- 5Musicosophie 8. Bonheur et malheur en musique11 Jan 2021 · 1:09:08
Summary produced automatically from 13 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.
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Who is this?Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include military successes in the Silesian wars, reorganisation of the Prussian Army, the First Partition of Poland, and patronage of the arts and the Enlightenment. Prussia greatly increased its territories and became a major military power in Europe under his rule. […]
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Season 9.2 · 9 Jun 20219 #23 "Ruled like music paper!" • Bach • Nerval • Lévi-Strauss
Series · 25 Mar 2021Musicosophy 17. Interpretation- 30:13Despised German; an excellent flutist, he proposes the royal theme to Bach.
Series · 22 Jun 2022FROM BACH TO THE PYGMIES • Pagani Parle Musique- 16:01King of Prussia, musician and flutist, who proposes to Bach a theme on which the latter improvises a fugue.
Season 10 · 24 Feb 2022#10 UKRAINE: From the problem of "Edges" to the unleashing of war- 23:53He imposed French at his court and considered German fit only for horses.
Series · 11 Jan 2021Musicosophy 8. Happiness and unhappiness in music- 1:09:08Imposes French at court: aristocratic pleasure is not happiness.
Talks · 6 Dec 2019The brass band's journey - by Dominique Memmi- 1:27:25The prince to whom Voltaire makes himself an advisor.
Season 5.2 · 26 May 2019#5.7 Nature or Landscape?- 19:12He invites Voltaire.
Season 5.2 · 25 Jan 2019#5.4 Introduction / Nature or Landscape?- 7:00Built Sans-Souci in Potsdam on the model of Versailles and named it in French.
Season 3 · 1 Aug 2017#3.2 From Ulysses to Daedalus- 53:05His castle Sans-Souci at Potsdam imitates Versailles.
Season 3 · 1 Aug 2017#3.3 From Ulysses to Daedalus- 1:28:12Flute-playing king who proposes a fugue theme to Bach.
Talks · 9 Mar 2017Is History a subject?- 12:39Set aside: this is not the Frederick II he is speaking of.
Series · 1 Feb 2016Hegel on the Beach 1/5- 31:30Calls on Voltaire as advisor.
Talks · 26 Apr 2015The Music of History- 1:24:42flute-playing king who proposes a theme to Bach and invites Voltaire