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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.
Release date NZ
September 21st, 1995
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
65 Printed music items
Pages
418
Dimensions
156x235x30
ISBN-13
9780521417389
Product ID
2159679

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