Sturm und Drang

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Sturm und Drang was a late 18th-century German literary and cultural movement characterized by emotional intensity, individualism, and rebellion against Enlightenment rationalism, and is often seen as a precursor to Romanticism.

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instanceOf cultural movement ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
aim affirmation of individual genius ⓘ
creation of a distinct German literature ⓘ
critique of rationalist constraints ⓘ
exploration of extreme emotions ⓘ
liberation of artistic expression ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
endTime early 1780s ⓘ
etymology German phrase meaning "storm and stress" ⓘ
field aesthetics ⓘ
drama ⓘ
literature ⓘ
music ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose fiction ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre Classical-period music ⓘ
German drama ⓘ
German literature ⓘ
German poetry ⓘ
German prose ⓘ
symphonic music ⓘ
theatrical drama ⓘ
hasCharacteristic admiration for Shakespearean drama ⓘ
anti-classicism ⓘ
conflict between feeling and social norms ⓘ
conflict between individual and society ⓘ
conflict between nature and civilization ⓘ
critique of absolutism ⓘ
critique of social hierarchy ⓘ
dramatic conflicts ⓘ
dramatic monologues ⓘ
emotional intensity ⓘ
emphasis on authenticity ⓘ
emphasis on creative genius ⓘ
emphasis on emotional truth ⓘ
emphasis on freedom ⓘ
emphasis on inner experience ⓘ
emphasis on musicality of language ⓘ
emphasis on originality ⓘ
emphasis on originality over imitation ⓘ
emphasis on spontaneity ⓘ
emphasis on strong passions ⓘ
experimentation with dramatic form ⓘ
focus on father–son conflicts ⓘ
focus on middle-class and lower-class characters ⓘ
focus on the outsider and rebel ⓘ
focus on youthful protagonists ⓘ
genius cult ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
intense emotional conflicts ⓘ
interest in Shakespeare ⓘ
interest in autobiographical elements ⓘ
interest in confessional writing ⓘ
interest in criminal and marginal figures ⓘ
interest in epistolary form ⓘ
interest in extreme situations ⓘ
interest in fate and destiny ⓘ
interest in folk culture ⓘ
interest in folk songs and ballads ⓘ
interest in genius as outsider ⓘ
interest in historical and national themes ⓘ
interest in innate human goodness ⓘ
interest in irrational drives ⓘ
interest in medieval and national past ⓘ
interest in natural law ⓘ
interest in regional dialects ⓘ
interest in sentimentalism ⓘ
interest in spontaneous expression ⓘ
interest in the grotesque ⓘ
interest in the irrational ⓘ
interest in the sublime ⓘ
interest in the uncanny ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
night and tempest motifs ⓘ
pathetic fallacy ⓘ
prefiguration of Romantic genius cult ⓘ
prefiguration of Romantic nature concept ⓘ
prefiguration of Romantic subjectivity ⓘ
psychological depth ⓘ
rebellion against Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
rejection of Aristotelian unities ⓘ
rejection of French neoclassicism ⓘ
rejection of strict literary rules ⓘ
revolt against authority ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
stormy natural imagery ⓘ
subjectivity ⓘ
suicide motifs ⓘ
tragic endings ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ
transition towards Romanticism ⓘ
use of colloquial language ⓘ
use of fragmentary forms ⓘ
use of open form drama ⓘ
use of prose drama ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart ⓘ
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger ⓘ
Friedrich Müller (Maler Müller) ⓘ
Friedrich Schiller ⓘ
Heinrich Leopold Wagner ⓘ
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz ⓘ
Johann Anton Leisewitz ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
hasNotableComposer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Franz Joseph Rosetti ⓘ
Johann Baptist Vanhal ⓘ
Joseph Haydn ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
hasNotableMusicWork C. P. E. Bach keyboard sonatas of the 1760s–1770s ⓘ
Haydn Symphony No. 44 "Trauer" ⓘ
Haydn Symphony No. 45 "Farewell" ⓘ
Haydn Symphony No. 49 "La passione" ⓘ
Haydn Symphony No. 52 ⓘ
Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor ⓘ
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor ⓘ
Rosetti symphonies in minor keys ⓘ
Vanhal symphonies in minor keys ⓘ
hasNotableWork "Der Hofmeister" ⓘ
"Die Leiden des jungen Werthers" ⓘ
"Die Räuber" ⓘ
"Götz von Berlichingen" ⓘ
"Kabale und Liebe" ⓘ
"Sturm und Drang" (play) ⓘ
linked to: Sturm und Drang
hasPart Sturm und Drang aesthetics ⓘ
Sturm und Drang drama ⓘ
Sturm und Drang literature ⓘ
Sturm und Drang music ⓘ
Sturm und Drang poetry ⓘ
linked to: Sturm und Drang

Sturm und Drang prose ⓘ
Sturm und Drang theatre ⓘ
linked to: Sturm und Drang
hasTheme authenticity and hypocrisy ⓘ
class conflict ⓘ
conflict between feeling and reason ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
fate and self-determination ⓘ
freedom and oppression ⓘ
genius and society ⓘ
honor and revenge ⓘ
inner conflict ⓘ
irrational drives ⓘ
love and despair ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
nature and civilization ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
the conflict between duty and passion ⓘ
the limits of reason ⓘ
the power of music ⓘ
the sublime in nature ⓘ
the suffering of genius ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ
youthful rebellion ⓘ
historicalContext Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
age of Enlightenment ⓘ
late Baroque to Classical transition ⓘ
pre-Romantic era ⓘ
rise of German national consciousness ⓘ
influenced European Romanticism ⓘ
German Romanticism ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism

German national literature ⓘ
later German drama ⓘ
influencedBy English literature ⓘ
Enlightenment ⓘ
Ossianic poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ossian

Shakespeare ⓘ
linked to: William Shakespeare

folk traditions ⓘ
sensibility movement ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainRegion German-speaking Europe ⓘ
movementPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
musicStyleCharacteristic agitated rhythms ⓘ
chromaticism ⓘ
dramatic crescendos ⓘ
dramatic orchestral effects ⓘ
emotional intensity in symphonies ⓘ
emphasis on contrast ⓘ
emphasis on dramatic narrative ⓘ
emphasis on emotional extremes ⓘ
emphasis on expressive melody ⓘ
emphasis on orchestral color ⓘ
emphasis on tension and release ⓘ
expressive dissonance ⓘ
expressive use of silence ⓘ
minor keys ⓘ
orchestral tremolos ⓘ
stormy character ⓘ
sudden dynamic contrasts ⓘ
sudden textural changes ⓘ
syncopation ⓘ
use of minor-mode slow movements ⓘ
namedAfter play "Sturm und Drang" by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger ⓘ
opposedTo Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
French neoclassicism ⓘ
linked to: Neoclassicism

absolutist authority ⓘ
classical rules of drama ⓘ
social conformity ⓘ
relatedTo Empfindsamkeit ⓘ
German Enlightenment ⓘ
Pre-Romanticism ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
Sentimentalism ⓘ
Weimar Classicism ⓘ
startTime late 1760s ⓘ

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → movement → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
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Sturm und Drang → hasPart → Sturm und Drang theatre ⓘ
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On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry → movement → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
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Sentimentalism → relatedMovement → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, "Farewell" → style → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
Symphony No. 49 "La passione" → style → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
Symphony No. 52 in C minor (Haydn) → style → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
subject linked to: Haydn Symphony No. 52
August von Kotzebue → movement → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
Götz von Berlichingen → genre → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
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Die Räuber → literaryMovement → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
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Kabale und Liebe → movement → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
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Der Hofmeister → movement → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
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Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz → movement → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
Johann Baptist Vanhal → movement → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
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Symphony No. 44 "Trauer" → style → Sturm und Drang ⓘ
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