Parsifal: Richard Wagner - Brossura

Wagner, Richard

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ISBN 10: 1847495427 ISBN 13: 9781847495426

Casa editrice: Oneworld Classics, 2011

Riassunto

An essential companion for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Wagner's final masterpiece This guide includes a series of articles on Wagner's profound and complex opera, which the composer preferred to call a "Bühnenweihfestspiel"?a "festival work to consecrate a stage." The first, by Mike Ashman, explores the ideological background to the opera, both political and philosophical. Dieter Borchmeyer discusses Parsifal's mythological foundations and relation to Wagner's earlier works. Robin Holloway provides a study of the opera's musical motifs, while Carolyn Abbate examines the relation between music and drama in the opera. Finally, Gerd Rienäcker contributes an essay on the dramaturgy of Parsifal, analyzing some of the major scenes. The guide also contains a literal translation of the libretto opposite the original German text.

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Richard Wagner (1813­?1883) was a composer who drew inspiration from Christian and Nordic mythology, as well as the philosophy of Schopenhauer, to pioneer dramatically new forms of music. His operas include Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and the four parts of Der Ring des Nibelungen.

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• Editore: Oneworld Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847495427
• ISBN 13: 9781847495426
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 250
• Redattore: Reed Philip