Offers histories of music drama beginning with Wagner's Parsifal and then looking at works by Arnold Schoenberg, Richard Strauss, Luigi Dallapiccola, Luigi Nono and Hans Werner Henze.
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This title is both a telling of operatic histories 'after' Richard Wagner, and a philosophical reflection upon the writing of those histories. Historical musicology reckons with intellectual and cultural history, and vice versa. The 'after' of the title denotes a chronology, but…
Offers histories of music drama beginning with Wagner's Parsifal and then looking at works by Arnold Schoenberg, Richard Strauss, Luigi Dallapiccola, Luigi Nono and Hans Werner Henze.
"The Companion is an essential, truly interdisciplinary, tool for those both familiar and unfamiliar with to Wagner's Ring. It opens with a concise introduction to both the composer and the Ring , introducing Wagner as a cultural figure, as well as giving a comprehensive overvie…
"An essential Companion for those both familiar and unfamiliar with Der Ring des Nibelungen. It provides a concise introduction to both the composer and the work. Subsequent chapters focus on musical topics such as 'leitmotif' and 'structure', as well as popular culture, Nazism,…
Explores the political and religious ideas expounded in Wagner's 'Ring' through an attention to this text and drama, the multifarious intellectual influences upon the composer during the work's lengthy gestation and composition. It considers Wagner's treatment of various worlds:…
"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 materi…