Thomas S. Grey: Wagner's Musical Prose

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Beschreibung

This book is a study of the prose writings of Richard Wagner and their relevance to an understanding of his music and drama, as well as their relation to music criticism and aesthetics in the nineteenth century in general. As a by-product of Wagner's many-faceted career as musician, conductor, cultural critic and controversial ideologue, the writings are documents of undisputed interpretative value. This study focuses on Wagner's words on music, and interprets them in the light of the musical, aesthetic and critical contexts that generated them. Professor Grey considers Wagner's ambivalence concerning the idea of 'absolute music' and the capacity of music to project meaning or drama from within its own system of referents. Particularly relevant are Wagner's appropriation of a Beethoven legacy, the metaphors of musical 'gender' and 'biology' in Opera and Drama and the critical background to ideas of 'motive' and 'leitmotif' in theory and practice.

Zusammenfassung

This book is a study of the prose writings of Richard Wagner and their relevance to an understanding of his music and drama, as well as their relation to music criticism and aesthetics in the nineteenth century in general. It looks at central themes in his writings, such as philosophies of musical form and meaning, and Wagner’s metaphors and terminology, and connects them with analyses of music from his own operas and works by other composers, such as Beethoven and Berlioz, about whom he wrote.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Wagner and the problematics of 'absolute music' in the nineteenth century; 2. Beethoven reception and the hermeneutic impulse: 'poetic ideas' and new forms; 3. Engendering music drama: Opera and Drama and its metaphors; 4. The 'poetic-musical period' and the 'evolution' of Wagnerian form; 5. Endless melodies; 6. Motive and motivations: leitmotif and 'symphonic' drama; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9780521033190
ISBN-10:	0521033195
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Grey, Thomas S.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Thomas S. Grey
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.01.2007
Gewicht:	0,679 kg