Mark Berry

Treacherous Bonds and Laughing Fire: Politics and Religion in Wagner's Ring (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mark Berry explores the political and religious ideas expounded in Wagner's Ring through close attention to the text and drama, the multifarious intellectual influences upon the composer during the work's lengthy gestation and composition, and the wealth of Wagner source material.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351538411
• Artikelnr.: 49043073

Autorenporträt

Mark Berry is a Professor of Music and Intellectual History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Music examples
Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Problems and opportunities
1 The intellectual and biographical background
2 Musical drama
3 The natural world and its despoliation
4 Property
capital
and production
5 Law
government
and the state
6 The strength and weakness of religion
7 Power or love
8 Revolution
9 Renunciation
10 Annihilation
redemption
and augury
Index