ial ity , ▁the ▁Duch ess ▁was ▁assist ed ▁by ▁poet ▁and ▁phil os opher ▁Christoph ▁Martin ▁Wiel and , ▁who ▁had ▁joined ▁the ▁court ▁as ▁the ▁teacher ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁princes ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁cour ty ard ▁of ▁the ▁mus es ▁would ▁meet ▁at ▁the ▁du cal ▁W itt um sp al ais , ▁the ▁rural ▁summer ▁resid ences ▁in ▁Et ters burg ▁Palace ▁and ▁Park ▁and ▁T ief urt ▁Man or , ▁debate ▁and ▁discuss ▁books ▁and ▁literature , ▁the ▁latest ▁musical ▁events ▁and ▁plays ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁st aged , ▁and ▁contribute ▁to ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁journ als ▁and ▁paper back s ▁in ▁We imar , ▁T ief urt ▁and ▁J ena . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁re inter pret ation ▁▁ ▁Not ▁until ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁had ▁this ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁We imar ▁cour ty ard ▁of ▁the ▁mus es ▁been ▁cont ested ▁and ▁dismiss ed ▁as ▁pseud os cient ific ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁legend ▁formation ▁and ▁rom antic ism . ▁Contempor ary ▁sources ▁of ▁the ▁Class ical ▁We imar ▁court ▁never ▁referred ▁to ▁a ▁cour ty ard ▁of ▁the ▁mus es ▁and ▁Duch ess ▁Anna ▁Am alia ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁at ▁any ▁time ▁dis cont in ued ▁standard ▁court ▁ceremony ▁or ▁cont ested ▁common ▁class ▁reg ulations . ▁Her ▁role ▁as ▁pione er ▁of ▁We imar ▁Classic ism ▁has ▁been ▁challeng ed ▁by ▁author ▁J . ▁Ber ger , ▁as ▁he ▁points ▁out ▁that ▁the