The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815: diplomacy, political culture and sociability

Kwan, Jonathan

Abstract

On 29 November 1814, the Austrian Emperor Francis, the Russian Tsar Alexander, and the Prussian King Frederick Wilhelm, along with 6,000 others, attended a concert in Vienna's Redouten Hall; Beethoven personally conducted three of his works: the Seventh symphony, the bombastic ‘Wellington's victory’, and a newly written cantata entitled ‘The glorious moment’. In this cantata, the figure of ‘Vienna’ sings the following words:
Oh heaven, what delight!
What spectacle greets my gaze!
All that the earth holds in high honour
Has assembled within my walls!
My heart throbs! My tongue stammers!
I am Europe – no longer one city.

Citation

Kwan, J. (in press). The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815: diplomacy, political culture and sociability. Historical Journal, 60(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X17000085

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 4, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jun 27, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jun 14, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 27, 2017
• Journal: Historical Journal
• Print ISSN: 0018-246X
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-5103
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X17000085
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/868180
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/congress-of-vienna-18141815-diplomacy-political-culture-and-sociability/40A00E9AB034C2E32EFF7D09295AEA36