A Study of Wagner - Brossura

Newman, Ernest

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108004717 ISBN 13: 9781108004718

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

A critical analysis of Wagner's aesthetics and philosophy and their expression in his musical development and theoretical writings.

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Descrizione del libro

The first of several in-depth studies of Wagner and his music by the music critic Ernest Newman, author of the four-volume biography published 1933–1947. This early work presents a critical analysis of the composer's aesthetics and philosophy and their expression through his musical development and theoretical writings.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. A psychological preliminary; 2. Rienzi and the Flying Dutchman; 3. Tannhauser and Lohengrin; 4. Art and life; 5. Wagner's theory of music, poetry, and music-drama; 6. The Ring of the Nibelung; 7. Wagner as German; 8. Tristan and Isolde and Die Meistersinger; 9. Some later prose works; 10. Parsifal; 11. General considerations; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1108004717
• ISBN 13: 9781108004718
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 426
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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