Aspects of Wagner /
Many music lovers find Wagner's operas inexpressibly beautiful and richly satisfying, while others find them revolting, dangerous, self-indulgent, and immoral. The man who W.H. Auden once called "perhaps the greatest genius that ever lived" has inspired both greater adulation and grea...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1988
Oxford [England] ; New York : 1988 Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : 1988 Oxford ; New York : 1988 Oxford [England] ; New York : 1988 |
| Edition: | Rev. and enl. ed |
| Series: | Oxford paperbacks
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| Summary: | Many music lovers find Wagner's operas inexpressibly beautiful and richly satisfying, while others find them revolting, dangerous, self-indulgent, and immoral. The man who W.H. Auden once called "perhaps the greatest genius that ever lived" has inspired both greater adulation and greater loathing than any other composer. Bryan Magee presents a penetrating analysis of Wagner's work, concentrating on how his sensational and deeply erotic music uniquely expresses the repressed and highly charged contents of the psyche. He examines not only Wagner's music and detailed stage directions but also the prose works in which he formulated his ideas, as well as shedding new light on his anti-semitism and the way in which the Nazis twisted his theories to suit their own purposes. Outlining the astonishing range and depth of Wagner's influence on our culture, Magee reveals how profoundly he continues to shock and inspire musicians, poets, novelists, painters, philosophers, and politicians today This book presents a penetrating analysis of Wagner's work, concentrating on how his sensational and deeply erotic music uniquely expresses the repressed and highly charged contents of the psyche. The author examines not only Wagner's music and detailed stage directions but also the prose works in which he formulated his ideas, as well as shedding new light on his anti-semitism and the way in which the Nazis twisted his theories to suit their own purposes. Outlining the astonishing range and depth of Wagner's influence on our culture, the author reveals how profoundly he continues to shock and inspire musicians, poets, novelists, painters, philosophers, and politicians today |
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| Item Description: | Includes index This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 102 p. ; 20 cm 102 p. ; 22 cm 102 p. ; 23 cm 102 pages ; 20 cm 102 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0192177680 (hard) : 0192177680 (hard) 0192177680 : 0192177680 0192840126 (pbk.) : 0192840126 9780192177681 9780192840127 (pbk) 9780192840127 |