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Princeton paperbacks
Princeton paperbacks. ^A770881
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| Contents |
Childhood and adolescence (1813-32) -- Chorus master and musical director (1833-9) -- Failure in Paris, success in Dresden (1839-47) -- Bourgeois revolutionary (1848-9) -- Exile (1849-55) -- Blighted hopes (1856-63) -- Royal patronage and fulfilment of a dream (1864-76) -- New creed (1877-83) -- 'Bayreuth idealism': the catastrophe -- Music -- Die Feen and Das Liebesverbot -- Rienzi -- Der fliegende Hollander -- Tannhauser -- Lohengrin -- Der Ring des Nibelungen. Sources ; Construction of the libretto ; Composition sketches ; Musico-poetic synthesis ; Leitmotif ; Tonality and structure ; Orchestration ; Interpretations -- Tristan und Isolde. Sources ; Composition ; Musico-poetic synthesis ; Leitmotif ; Tonal relations -- Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. Sources ; Composition ; Musico-poetic synthesis ; Formal structure ; Tonal relations ; Historical and political background -- Parsifal. Sources ; Composition and first performances ; Musico-poetic synthesis ; Tonal relations ; Orchestration ; Interpretations -- Other instrumental and vocal works. Orchestral ; Piano ; Songs ; Choral -- Appendices. Calendar ; List of works ; Personalia ; Select bibliography ; The stages of Wagner's composition. |
| Abstract |
Wagner is one of the most controversial of composers, and much that has been written about him--including his autobiography--is misleading. The author draws on the best previous scholarship and his own original research to set the record straight. The first part of this book is devoted to biography; the second, to a detailed study of the operas. The author offers a historical review of the critical interpretation of each opera, including a discussion of recent methods of formal analysis. In this revised edition, two chapters, those on Tannhauser and Die Meistersinger, include significant new material. The bibliography has also been updated. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-325) and index. |
| LCCN | 92022126 |
| ISBN | 0691027226 : |
