Helmut C. Jacobs

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Helmut C. Jacobs (* 1957 in Bonn ) is a German Romanist and musician .

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From 1976 to 1983 Jacobs studied Romance and German at the University of Bonn and at the University of Toulouse (as a DAAD scholarship holder). In addition, there are further study stays in Brasow (Romania) and Santiago de Compostela (also as a DAAD scholarship holder).

In 1987 Jacobs received his doctorate (as a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation ) on the subject of literature, music and society in Italy and Austria during the Napoleonic era and the Restoration. Studies of Giuseppe Carpani (1751-1825) . He completed his habilitation in 1995 on the subject of Beauty and Taste - The Theory of the Arts in Spanish Literature of the 18th Century .

After a substitute professor at the University of Düsseldorf , Jacobs accepted the call to the University of Duisburg .

Jacobs' main research interests include short narratives from the Romanesque Middle Ages, the literature of the French, Italian and Spanish Enlightenment, the interrelationships between literature and music, as well as between image and text.

In addition, Jacobs is a passionate musician. As an accordion player, he has won awards at national and international competitions. As part of his academic work, he also deals with literature on instruments such as the English concertina or the harmonium. In 2014 Jacobs was invited to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. As an accordion player, he has already released several CDs.

Fonts (selection)

  • Literature, music and society in Italy and Austria in the Napoleonic era and the Restoration. Studies of Giuseppe Carpani (1751-1825) , Frankfurt a. M./Bern/New York 1988.
  • Organization and institutionalization of the arts and sciences - The founding academies of the Spanish Enlightenment in the tradition of the European academy movement , Frankfurt a. M. 1996.
  • Beauty and Taste - The Theory of the Arts in Spanish Literature of the 18th Century , Frankfurt a. M. 1996.
  • Divisiones philosophiae - Spanish Classifications of the Arts and Sciences in the Middle Ages and Siglo de Oro , Frankfurt a. M. 1996 (translation into Spanish 2002).
  • The young guitar and concertina virtuoso Giulio Regondi - A critical documentation of his concert tour through Europe in 1840 and 1841 , Bochum 2001.
  • Belleza y buen gusto - Las teorías de las artes en la literatura española del siglo XVIII , Madrid 2001.
  • Divisiones philosophiae - Clasificaciones españolas de las artes y las ciencias en la Edad Media y el Siglo de Oro , Madrid 2002.
  • The sleep of reason. Goyas, Capricho 43 'in Bildkunst, Literatur und Musik , Basel 2006.
  • The composer and pianist Hans Brehme (1904-1957). Biographical aspects and the works for accordion solo in the field of tension between tradition and innovation , Bochum 2007.
  • Giuseppe Parini (1729-1799) in the past and present - The reception of an Italian poet in Spain , Würzburg 2009.
  • Giuseppe Parini (1729-1799) en el pasado y en el presente - La recepción de un poeta italiano en España , Madrid 2010.
  • El sueño de la razón. El Capricho 43 de Goya en el arte visual, la literatura y la música , Madrid 2011.
  • Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923). 'Panorama of Spain' ('Visión de España'). A masterpiece of Spanish painting from the turn of the century in the context of its time , Würzburg 2012.
  • The reception and interpretation of Goya's work in poetry. Edition of the international pictorial poems , Würzburg 2015 (= masterpieces of Spanish art in the context of their time, 2).
  • Goya en la poesía. Recepción e interpretación literaria de su obra , Zaragoza 2016.
  • Joan Miró (1893-1983). La masía (The Farm). A masterpiece of Spanish painting in the context of surrealism, magical realism, new objectivity and nouvelle figuration , Würzburg 2016 (= masterpieces of Spanish art in the context of their time, 3).
  • The handwritten comments on Goya's 'Caprichos'. Edition, translation, interpretation , Würzburg 2017 (together with Mark Klingenberger and Nina Preyer).
  • Franz Maciejewski: The follies of Francisco Goya - prose poems for the 'Disparates' . Helmut C. Jacobs: Goyas, Disparates' - an introduction , Würzburg 2019 (= masterpieces of Spanish art in the context of their time, 5).
  • Goya's 'Caprichos' in hand-colored etchings from the 19th century. Edition, Analyze, Deutung , Würzburg 2019 (= masterpieces of Spanish art in the context of their time, 6) (together with Nina Preyer).
  • Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). La persistance de la mémoire (The persistence of memory) - history, interpretation and reception of an icon of the 20th century , Würzburg 2019 (= masterpieces of Spanish art in the context of their time, 7).
  • Goya for Everyone - Introduction to the 'Caprichos' , Würzburg 2019 (= masterpieces of Spanish art in the context of their time, 8) (together with Nina Preyer).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artist information for music production C2.
  2. ↑ Andrea Kleemann: Virtuoso play on little buttons , WAZ from October 16, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Jacobs, Helmut C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn