Apocalypsis cum figuris (fictional composition)

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Apocalypsis cum figuris is a fictional, avant‑garde musical composition attributed to the composer Adrian Leverkühn in Thomas Mann’s novel "Doctor Faustus," symbolizing his radical, apocalyptic artistic vision.

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instanceOf avant-garde musical work
fictional musical composition
work of fiction
appearsIn Doctor Faustus NERFINISHED
associatedWith Faustian pact theme
German modernism
theological and eschatological motifs
attributedTo Adrian Leverkühn NERFINISHED
author Thomas Mann NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginInFiction Germany NERFINISHED
creator Thomas Mann NERFINISHED
depicts apocalyptic vision
describedIn narration by Serenus Zeitblom
fictionalComposer Adrian Leverkühn NERFINISHED
hasGenre avant-garde music
modernist music
oratorio-like work
hasInterpretation critique of fascism and totalitarianism
metaphor for the crisis of music in modernity
representation of theological despair
hasTheme artistic extremity
collapse of Western culture
damnation and redemption
end of history
hasWorkType large-scale vocal-instrumental composition
influencedByInFiction Adrian Leverkühn’s demonic inspiration
inUniversePeriod early twentieth century
languageOfTitle Latin
literaryFunction allegory of twentieth-century catastrophe
expression of Adrian Leverkühn’s damnation
literaryMovement high modernism NERFINISHED
medium imagined orchestra and voices
narrativeRole culmination of Adrian Leverkühn’s artistic development
partOf Doctor Faustus NERFINISHED
relatedTo Adrian Leverkühn’s syphilitic illness
Leverkühn’s breakdown and confession
relatedWork The Lamentation of Doctor Faustus (fictional composition) NERFINISHED
settingOf apocalyptic biblical imagery
symbolizes apocalyptic modernism
radical artistic vision
spiritual and cultural crisis
title Apocalypsis cum figuris NERFINISHED
workCharacterType imaginary composition within a novel

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Adrian Leverkühn workInFiction Apocalypsis cum figuris (fictional composition)