The Story of Bayreuth as Told in the Bayreuth Letters of Richard Wagner
Author : Richard Wagner
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Bayreuther Festspiele
ISBN :
Author : Richard Wagner
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Bayreuther Festspiele
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Author : Barry Millington
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 27,34 MB
Release : 2012-10-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199986959
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) is one of the most influential - and also one of the most controversial - composers in the history of music. Over the course of his long career, he produced a stream of spellbinding works that challenged musical convention through their richness and tonal experimentation, ultimately paving the way for modernism. This book presents an in-depth but easy-to-read overview of Wagner's life, work and times. It considers a wide range of themes, including the composer's original sources of inspiration; his fetish for exotic silks; his relationship with his wife, Cosima, and with his mistress, Mathilde Wesendonck; the anti-semitism that is undeniably present in the operas; their proto-cinematic nature; and the turbulent legacy both of the Bayreuth Festival and of Wagnerism itself. Making use of the very latest scholarship - much of it undertaken by the author himself in connection with his editorship of The Wagner Journal - Millington reassesses received notions about Wagner and his work, demolishing ill-informed opinion in favour of proper critical understanding. It is a radical - and occasionally controversial - reappraisal of this most perplexing of composers. The volume's arrangement - unique among books on the composer -combines an accessible text, intriguing images and original documents, thus ensuring a consistently fresh approach. Bringing new insights to an endlessly fascinating subject, The Sorcerer of Bayreuth will charm anyone interested in music and in the wider cultural life of the 19th century and beyond.
Author : Frederic Spotts
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780300066654
Providing an overall account of the history of the Wagner festival, a critical analysis of its performers, productions, and enthusiasts establishes its remarkable beginnings, controversial associations, and surprising successes
Author : Hans Mayer
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 20,6 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Bayreuth (Germany)
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Author : Karl Heckel
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Musicians
ISBN :
Author : Albert Lavignac
Publisher :
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 25,82 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Bayreuth (Germany)
ISBN :
Author : Adolphe Jullien
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 1892
Category :
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Author : Richard Wagner
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 31,19 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780722255599
Author : Oliver Hilmes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 37,17 MB
Release : 2010-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300168233
In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner—illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans von Bülow, then mistress and subsequently wife of Richard Wagner. After Wagner’s death in 1883 Cosima played a crucial role in the promulgation and politicization of his works, assuming control of the Bayreuth Festival and transforming it into a shrine to German nationalism. The High Priestess of the Wagnerian cult, Cosima lived on for almost fifty years, crafting the image of Richard Wagner through her organizational ability and ideological tenacity.The first book to make use of the available documentation at Bayreuth, this biography explores the achievements of this remarkable and obsessive woman while illuminating a still-hidden chapter of European cultural history.
Author : Barry Millington
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 40,60 MB
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 0500771391
Published for the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagners birth, and written by one of the most distinguished Wagner scholars in the world, this in-depth and highly readable account of Wagners life, work and times will be the book of the bicentenary. Richard Wagner (18131883) is one of the most influential and also one of the most polarizing composers in the history of music. Over the course of his long career, he produced a stream of spellbinding operas that challenged musical convention through their richness and tonal experimentation, paving the way for modernism. This richly illustrated overview of Wagners life, work and times makes use of the very latest scholarship much of it undertaken by the author in connection with his editorship of The Wagner Journal. The book reassesses received notions, demolishing ill-informed opinion in favour of proper critical understanding. It is a radical and occasionally controversial reappraisal of this most perplexing of composers. A wide range of themes include the composers original sources of inspiration; his fetish for exotic silks; his relationship with his wife, Cosima, and with his mistress; his anti-semitism; and the turbulent legacy both of the Bayreuth Festival and of Wagnerism itself. The books arrangement unique among books on the composer combines an accessible text, intriguing images and original documents in carefully co-ordinated sections, ensuring a consistently fresh approach.