Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt et ses maîtres de bonheur : à la croisée des voies littéraire et musicale
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2019
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Dans plusieurs œuvres à éléments autobiographiques, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt révèle la genèse musicale de sa vocation d’écrivain en soulignant le rôle de quelques compositeurs ou bien en décrivant la maïeutique pédagogique mise en œuvre par ses professeures de piano. L’objectif de cet article est d’étudier le rôle (trans)formateur de l’apprentissage musical et plus particulièrement de l’initiation à la musique de Mozart, Beethoven et Chopin. Guides spirituels et maîtres à penser, ces compositeurs ont marqué le parcours existentiel et artistique d’Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt et ont inspiré sa propre aventure esthétique. La rencontre salutaire avec Mozart a induit la naissance de l’amour spirituel et a engendré le processus de conversion scripturale et de transmission créatrice. Le disciple mozartien réinvente sa vocation et transpose dans son œuvre littéraire des particularités de la philosophie musicale de ses maîtres de sagesse en s’inscrivant dans une logique de filiation spirituelle et esthétique.
In some of his works, containing autobiographical elements, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt reveals the musical origins of his vocation as a writer. He emphasizes the importance of several composers and describes the maieutic method used by his piano teachers. The paper studies the (trans)forming function of learning music, and more specifically the initiation to the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Spiritual guides and maîtres à penser, these composers influenced Schmitt’s existential and artistic trajectory and inspired his own esthetic adventure. The salutary encounter with Mozart caused the birth of spiritual love and enabled an acceptance of the writing vocation and initiation of the process of creative transmission. The Mozartian disciple reinvents his vocation and transposes in his literary works some features of the musical philosophy of his masters of wisdom and thus, perpetuates their esthetical and spiritual filiation.
In some of his works, containing autobiographical elements, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt reveals the musical origins of his vocation as a writer. He emphasizes the importance of several composers and describes the maieutic method used by his piano teachers. The paper studies the (trans)forming function of learning music, and more specifically the initiation to the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Spiritual guides and maîtres à penser, these composers influenced Schmitt’s existential and artistic trajectory and inspired his own esthetic adventure. The salutary encounter with Mozart caused the birth of spiritual love and enabled an acceptance of the writing vocation and initiation of the process of creative transmission. The Mozartian disciple reinvents his vocation and transposes in his literary works some features of the musical philosophy of his masters of wisdom and thus, perpetuates their esthetical and spiritual filiation.
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Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, disciple mozartien, guides spirituels, hommage aux grands compositeurs, rapports entre musique et littérature, Mozartian disciple, spiritual guides, homage to the great composers, relations between music and literature
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"Quêtes littéraires" 2019, nº 9, s. 171-185