Chris Walton

Lies and Epiphanies

Composers and Their Inspiration from Wagner to Berg

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Produktbeschreibung

Presents case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtwängler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world ofmoney and politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781580464772
• ISBN-10: 1580464777
• Artikelnr.: 39346931

Autorenporträt

CHRIS WALTON taught music history at the Basel University of Music in Switzerland, is an Honorary Professor at Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University in South Africa) and runs two research projects at the Bern University of the Arts for the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Richard Wagner's Dynastic Dreams Gustav Mahler's Resurrection
and the Apostolic Succession Of Forked Tongues and Angels: Alban Berg's
Violin Concerto Wilhelm Fürtwangler and the Return of the Muse Here Comes
the Sunset: The Late and the Last Works of Richard Strauss Postlude: The
Telephone Call Notes Bibliography Index