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Author : William Kinderman
Release : 2005
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 376/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal by : William Kinderman
Download or read book A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal written by William Kinderman. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New essays demonstrating and exploring the abiding fascination of Wagner's controversial work.
Author : Lucy Beckett
Release : 1981-08-20
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 625/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Richard Wagner: Parsifal by : Lucy Beckett
Download or read book Richard Wagner: Parsifal written by Lucy Beckett. This book was released on 1981-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of Wagner's last, and strangest opera.
Author : William Kinderman
Release : 2013-08-15
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 921/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation by : William Kinderman
Download or read book Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation written by William Kinderman. This book was released on 2013-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the evolution of the text and music of this inexhaustible yet highly controversial music drama across Wagner's entire career, and offers a reassessment of the ideological and political history of 'Parsifal' that illuminates the connection of Wagner's legacy to the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The compositional genesis is traced through many unfamiliar sketches and manuscript sources held at Bayreuth, revealing unsuspected models and veiled connections to Wagner's earlier works.
Author : Mark Berry
Release : 2020-09-24
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 139/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen by : Mark Berry
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen written by Mark Berry. This book was released on 2020-09-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Companion is an essential, interdisciplinary tool for those both familiar and unfamiliar with Wagner's Ring. It opens with a concise introduction to both the composer and the Ring, introducing Wagner as a cultural figure, and giving a comprehensive overview of the work. Subsequent chapters, written by leading Wagner experts, focus on musical topics such as 'leitmotif', and structure, and provide a comprehensive set of character portraits, including leading players like Wotan, Brünnhilde, and Siegfried. Further chapters look to the mythological background of the work and the idea of the Bayreuth Festival, as well as critical reception of the Ring, its relationship to Nazism, and its impact on literature and popular culture, in turn offering new approaches to interpretation including gender, race and environmentalism. The volume ends with a history of notable stage productions from the world premiere in 1876 to the most recent stagings in Bayreuth and elsewhere.
Author : Thomas S. Grey
Release : 2008-09-11
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 941/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Wagner by : Thomas S. Grey
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Wagner written by Thomas S. Grey. This book was released on 2008-09-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Wagner is remembered as one of the most influential figures in music and theatre, but his place in history has been marked by a considerable amount of controversy. His attitudes towards the Jews and the appropriation of his operas by the Nazis, for example, have helped to construct a historical persona that sits uncomfortably with modern sensibilities. Yet Wagner's absolutely central position in the operatic canon continues. This volume serves as a timely reminder of his ongoing musical, cultural, and political impact. Contributions by specialists from such varied fields as musical history, German literature and cultural studies, opera production, and political science consider a range of topics, from trends and problems in the history of stage production to the representations of gender and sexuality. With the inclusion of invaluable and reliably up-to-date biographical data, this collection will be of great interest to scholars, students, and enthusiasts.
