Cover illustration: Postcard No. 203, featuring the Neues Theater in Leipzig. Published by Bruno Bürger & Ottilie Lithographische Anstalt Leipzig. Postmarked 1899. From the collection of the author.
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Names: Menninger, Margaret Eleanor, author.
Title: A serious matter and true joy : philanthropy, the arts, and the state in Leipzig (1750–1918) / by Margaret Eleanor Menninger.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Studies in Central European histories, 1547–1217 ; volume 70 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021060909 (print) | LCCN 2021060910 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004507784 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004507807 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Leipzig (Germany)—Cultural policy. | Leipzig (Germany)—Intellectual life. | Art patronage—Germany—Leipzig—History. | Arts and society—Germany—Leipzig—History. | Museums—Germany—Leipzig—History. | Music—Germany—Leipzig—History. | Theater—Germany—Leipzig—History. | Arts, German—Philosophy. | Leipzig (Germany)—History. | Leipzig (Germany)—Social life and customs.
Classification: LCC DD901.L547 M46 2022 (print) | LCC DD901.L547 (ebook) | DDC 943/.2122—dc23/eng/20220105
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ISSN 1547-1217
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