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The Cambridge Companion to Wagner

By: Thomas S. Grey (Editor)

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Paperback | 7 November 2008

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Richard Wagner is remembered as one of the most influential figures in music and theatre, but his place in history has been marked by a considerable amount of controversy. His attitudes towards the Jews and the appropriation of his operas by the Nazis, for example, have helped to construct a historical persona that sits uncomfortably with modern sensibilities. Yet Wagner's absolutely central position in the operatic canon continues. This volume serves as a timely reminder of his ongoing musical, cultural, and political impact. Contributions by specialists from such varied fields as musical history, German literature and cultural studies, opera production, and political science consider a range of topics, from trends and problems in the history of stage production to the representations of gender and sexuality. With the inclusion of invaluable and reliably up-to-date biographical data, this collection will be of great interest to scholars, students, and enthusiasts.

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"This volume provides a balanced introduction to the composer's life, times, works, and reception. A useful chronology ... The repolitiizing of the 'Wagner question' is unquestionably one of this book's strengths and certain to make it compelling to a wide variety of readers." Choice

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List of illustrations
Chronology
List of abbreviations
Biographical and historical contexts
Wagner lives: issues in autobiography	p. 3
Meister Richard's apprenticeship: the early operas (1833-1840)	p. 18
To the Dresden barricades: the genesis of Wagner's political ideas	p. 47
Opera, music, drama	p. 65
The "Romantic operas" and the turn to myth	p. 67
Der Ring des Nibelungen: conception and interpretation	p. 74
Leitmotif, temporality, and musical design in the Ring	p. 85
Tristan und Isolde: essence and appearance	p. 115
Performing Germany in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg	p. 134
Parsifal: redemption and Kunstreligion	p. 151
Ideas and ideology in the Gesamtkunstwerk	p. 177
The urge to communicate: the prose writings as theory and practice	p. 179
Critique as passion and polemic: Nietzsche and Wagner	p. 192
The Jewish question	p. 203
After Wagner: influence and interpretation	p. 219
"Wagnerism": responses to Wagner in music and the arts	p. 221
Wagner and the Third Reich: myths and realities	p. 235
Wagner on stage: aesthetic, dramaturgical, and social considerations	p. 246
Criticism and analysis: current perspectives	p. 276
Notes	p. 290
Select bibliography	p. 328
Index	p. 338
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