Richard Wagner: Parsifal - Rilegato

Beckett, Lucy

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0521228255 ISBN 13: 9780521228251

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1981

Riassunto

In this book Lucy Beckett gives a comprehensive account of Wagner's last and strangest opera. The literary sources of this work, its many links with Wagner's life and thought, its libretto, music and stage history, are all thoroughly examined. There is a full commentary, with extensive quotation, on the work's critical history, and finally, a fresh assessment of its place in the Wagner canon and of its unique quality as a music drama that is both modern and Christian. Full references, a bibliography and a discography are provided. A special chapter of musical analysis is contributed by Arnold Whittall.

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Recensione:

'The wealth of analytic insight, into both text and music, belies the book's modest length, and it must surely be recognized as the best English study of Parsifal now available.' Music & Letters

Descrizione del libro:

In this book Lucy Beckett gives a comprehensive account of Wagner's last and strangest opera. The literary sources of this work, its many links with Wagner's life and thought, its libretto, music and stage history, are all thoroughly examined. There is a full commentary, with extensive quotation, on the work's critical history, and finally, a fresh assessment of its place in the Wagner canon and of its unique quality as a music drama that is both modern and Christian.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0521228255
• ISBN 13: 9780521228251
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 173