Association Française pour le Rayonnement du Théâtre du Château de Drottningholm

Focusing on the sovereign's life and works, on his thoughts and actions, the Programme aims to renew the approach of the "Gustave III phenomenon" in his complex relationship to the arts of his time. An important component of this complexity is the opening of the artistic links that the Swedish King established with other European countries: he succeeded in creating around his own visions a national expression by merging talents coming from abroad.

Following this plan, this project is offering a first opportunity to explore the relations between other countries than Sweden and France. By including Germany, the Académie Desprez develops its European identity and reflects better the original approach of the visionary King.

Starting in 2002, the task is the constitution of a corpus of books, scores, recordings, iconographic documents and a references database about Johan-Gottlieb Naumann, and, more precisely, his work in Sweden.

This project will allow the establishment of a method which can be transposed to further contributions. This experimentation in a delimitated field could lead to the start of a specialised documentation centre open to the Académie Desprez' members.

Gilbert Blin & Rémy-Michel Trotier
19^th July 2002

Discover the Löwenhjelm grant:

• the forecasted description of the project,
• a first edition of the Johann-Gottlieb Naumann general Discography.

Who was Löwenhjelm ?

The Counte and the Countess Löwenhjelm, influent patrons in Europe in the XVIIIth century, have been  assigned by the King Gustave III to pass on his invitation to Naumann, then on duty in Dresde.