| Description |
vii, 711 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Richard-Wagner-Handbuch. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The operas as literary works / Peter Wapnewski -- Wagner's place in the history of music / Carl Dahlhaus -- Wagner in the history of psychology / Isolde Vetter -- The revolutionary of 1848-49 / Rüdiger Krohn -- The question of anti-Semitism / Dieter Borchmeyer -- The political influence and appropriation of Wagner / Ernst Hanisch -- A brief history of Wagner research / John Deathridge -- Wagner and antiquity / Ulrich Müller -- Wagner's Middle Ages / Volker Mertens -- The dramatic texts / Peter Branscombe -- Wagner and Schopenhauer / Hartmut Reinhardt -- The music / Carl Dahlhaus -- The patronage of King Ludwig II / Manfred Eger -- Wagner and Nietzsche / Dieter Borchmeyer -- Wagnerism as concept and phenomenon / Erwin Koppen -- Wagner and the visual arts / Günter Metken -- Wagner in literature and film / Ulrich Müller. |
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The musical works / Werner Breig -- The Bayreuth Festival and the Wagner family / Manfred Eger -- Performance history : a brief survey / Oswald Bauer -- Sprechgesang or bel canto : toward a history of singing Wagner / Jens Malte Fischer -- Wagner's musical influence / Carl Dahlhaus -- The prose writings / Jürgen Kühnel. |
| Subject |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
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| Indexed Term |
German operas |
| Added Author |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
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Müller, Ulrich, 1940-2012
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Wapnewski, Peter.
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| ISBN |
0674945301 alkaline paper |
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