Thomas S. Grey

Wagner's Musical Prose

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides new critical perspectives on Wagner's prose on musical subjects set in historical and intellectual context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 828g
• ISBN-13: 9780521417389
• ISBN-10: 0521417384
• Artikelnr.: 21751878

Inhaltsangabe

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.