Verdi And Wagner
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Analyzing Opera
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Author : Carolyn Abbate
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1989-01-01
Analyzing Opera written by Carolyn Abbate and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01-01 with Music categories.
"This book presents a great deal of new material. It also presents new interpretations of materials discussed earlier and elsewhere. As the editors point out in the introduction, discussion of opera has only in recent years taken on an analytical dimension. The scholars represented in this volume are among those at the forefront of the new critical and analytical movement. What they write is perhaps at times controversial, but it is always important."--William C. Holmes, University of California, Irvine "The editors' introduction to this collection. . . speaks eloquently for a richer and more varied approach to the analysis of opera. . . . The contributors are among the most accomplished scholars in nineteenth-century music studies. . . . More impressive is the depth and range of scholarship and analysis displayed. . . to the end of changing the historical and analytical stance toward the operas of Verdi and Wagner, by eschewing the partisan quarrels of the past and by the application of similar rigorous standards to each composer's music. . . . This volume will have a wide influence upon scholarly and analytical approaches to the music of Verdi and Wagner."--Richard Swift, University of California, Davis "This book presents a great deal of new material. It also presents new interpretations of materials discussed earlier and elsewhere. As the editors point out in the introduction, discussion of opera has only in recent years taken on an analytical dimension. The scholars represented in this volume are among those at the forefront of the new critical and analytical movement. What they write is perhaps at times controversial, but it is always important."--William C. Holmes, University of California, Irvine
Analyzing Opera
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Author : Carolyn Abbate
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
Analyzing Opera written by Carolyn Abbate and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with categories.
Analyzing Opera: Verdi and Wagner explores the latest developments in opera analysis by considering, side by side, the works of the two greatest opera composers of the nineteenth century. Although the juxtaposition is not new, comparative studies have tended to view these masters as radically different both as musicians and as musical dramatists. Wagner and his "symphonic opera" set against Verdi "the melodist" is one of many familiar antitheses, and it serves to highlight the particular terms from which comparisons are often made. In this book some of the leading and most innovative music scholars challenge this view, suggesting that as we become more distant from the nineteenth century, we may see that Verdi and Wagner confronted largely similar problems, and even on occasion found similar solutions. But more than this, Analyzing Opera sets out to demonstrate the richness and variety of modern analytical approaches to the genre. As the editors point out in their introduction, today's musical scholars increasingly question the usefulness of organicist theories in analytical studies, and, as they do so, opera seems to become an ever more central area of investigation. Opera is peculiar: its clash of verbal, musical, and visual systems can produce incongruities and extravagant miscalculations. It invites a multiplicity of approaches, challenges orthodoxy, and embraces ambiguity. The sheer variety of essays presented here is witness to this fact and suggests that analyzing opera is one of the liveliest (and most polemical) areas in modern-day musical scholarship. Contributors: Philip Gossett, John Deathridge, James A. Hepokoski, Joseph Kerman, Thomas S. Grey, Matthew Brown, Anthony Newcomb, Martin Chusid, David Lawton, and Patrick McCreless. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.
Verdi And Or Wagner
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Author : Peter Conrad
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2014-04-22
Verdi And Or Wagner written by Peter Conrad and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with Music categories.
“Offers beautifully written considerations of the masters’ affinities and divergences and much else besides.” —Operavore This is the first book to compare these two composers and cultural heroes, both of whom were born in 1813 and achieved huge national and international renown in their lifetimes. Yet not only did they never meet, but the differences between them—in music, culture, environment, significance, and legacy—were profound. Peter Conrad begins his tale in a public park in Venice, home to a pair of statues of the composers that are positioned so as to appear to shun each other. This provides a fitting starting point for his argument that they represent two opposite yet equally integral and compelling dimensions of European culture: north versus south, cerebral versus sensual, proud solitude versus human connection, epic mythmaking versus humane magnanimity. The book is a richly argued tour de force that engages passionately and profoundly with music, biography, history, politics, philosophy, psychology, and culture in the broadest sense. As Conrad concludes, “At one time or another, if not simultaneously, we still need the two contradictory, complementary kinds of music that Verdi and Wagner left us.”
The Social Adventures Of Verdi And Wagner
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Author : Alessandro Timpanaro
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-10-07
The Social Adventures Of Verdi And Wagner written by Alessandro Timpanaro and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-07 with Music categories.
They were the greatest and most famous rivals of the 19th century. Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner were for almost a hundred years the two pillars of opera within Europe but not only. Two immense geniuses who never met, never spoke to each other and never wrote each other a single letter. Two rivals who who gave each other dirty looks for decades, between the moments when they could barely hide the mutual admiration and the ones when they were showing off, acting like they despised each other. What if they had the chance of expressing their attitudes and opinions through the social networks? What would we have read?This book, somewhere between a biographic and a humorous work, tries to let us see Verdi, Wagner and many more great composers, bright stars in the history of music, dealing with something as modern as the social networks, playing with their human side and with the many stories that made their lives peculiar. It's a sort of simultaneous biography, since - despite their opposite directions in their art - they happened to have many things in common, starting with the year when they were born. We'll see them fighting with posts, comments and memes as weapons. From an Italian Facebook page that became very popular among music lovers, here is finally "The Social Adventures of Verdi and Wagner".
Verdi And Wagner On Line
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Author : Alessandro Timpanaro
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-08-28
Verdi And Wagner On Line written by Alessandro Timpanaro and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-28 with categories.
They were the greatest and most famous rivals of the 19th century. Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner were for almost a hundred years the two pillars of opera within Europe but not only. Two immense geniuses who never met, never spoke to each other and never wrote each other a single letter. Two rivals who who gave each other dirty looks for decades, between the moments when they could barely hide the mutual admiration and the ones when they were showing off, acting like they despised each other. What if they had the chance of expressing their attitudes and opinions through the social networks? What would we have read?This book, somewhere between a biographic and a humorous work, tries to let us see Verdi, Wagner and many more great composers, bright stars in the history of music, dealing with something as modern as the social networks, playing with their human side and with the many stories that made their lives peculiar. It's a sort of simultaneous biography, since - despite their opposite directions in their art - they happened to have many things in common, starting with the year when they were born. We'll see them fighting with posts, comments and memes as weapons. From an Italian Facebook page that became very popular among music lovers, here is finally "The Social Adventures of Verdi and Wagner".
1813 Wagner Verdi
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Author : Peter Bassett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
1813 Wagner Verdi written by Peter Bassett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Composers categories.
Unsettling Opera
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Author : David J. Levin
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-11-15
Unsettling Opera written by David J. Levin and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-15 with Music categories.
What happens when operas that are comfortably ensconced in the canon are thoroughly rethought and radically recast on stage? What does a staging do to our understanding of an opera, and of opera generally? While a stage production can disrupt a work that was thought to be established, David J. Levin here argues that the genre of opera is itself unsettled, and that the performance of operas, at its best, clarifies this condition by bringing opera’s restlessness and volatility to life. Unsettling Opera explores a variety of fields, considering questions of operatic textuality, dramaturgical practice, and performance theory. Levin opens with a brief history of opera production, opera studies, and dramatic composition, and goes on to consider in detail various productions of the works of Wagner, Mozart, Verdi, and Alexander Zemlinsky. Ultimately, the book seeks to initiate a dialogue between scholars of music, literature, and performance by addressing questions raised in each field in a manner that influences them all.
Verdi And Wagner
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Author : Ernő Lendvai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Verdi And Wagner written by Ernő Lendvai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Music categories.
Embodying Voice
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Author : Margaret Medlyn
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-11-16
Embodying Voice written by Margaret Medlyn and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-16 with Music categories.
Embodying Voice: Singing Verdi, Singing Wagner articulates the process of developing an operatic voice, explaining how and why the training of such a voice is as complex and sophisticated as it is mysterious. This book illustrates how putting together a voice, embodying a sound, and creating a character are vital to an audience’s emotional involvement and enjoyment. Moreover, it addresses an imbalance of power between the opera director and the orchestra conductor – ultimately, it is the communicative power of the singer’s voice that brings life to an opera, a fact well known by Verdi and Wagner. Embodying Voice highlights the singer’s creative agency to be co-creator of the composer’s music. It explores the ways in which vocal performance is constructed and controlled, connecting layers of mind and bodily engagement that allow operatic singers to achieve expression beyond the text itself. Further reading, listening, and performance lists are provided at the end of each chapter, complemented by musical examples throughout.
The Complete Operas Of Richard Wagner
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Author : Charles Osborne
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 1993-03-22
The Complete Operas Of Richard Wagner written by Charles Osborne and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-03-22 with Music categories.
Wagner's operas can be counted among the most important works of art of the nineteenth century. But Wagner was a composer around whom violent artistic, political, and literary controversies raged during his lifetime. Even today, Wagner's music seems to arouse either adulation or antipathy. In The Complete Operas of Richard Wagner, as in the first four volumes of his famous series on the great opera composers, Charles Osborne first describes the composer's life at the time he wrote each opera, thus providing a biographical thread which runs through the book; follows it with a thorough examination of the libretto and its sources; and lastly tells the story of the opera, which he links to the major musical features.This book is, in effect, a musical biography of Wagner, tracing his development from his first complete opera, Die Feen, to his last, Parsifal. It serves as an invaluable guide to the often perplexing Wagner oeuvre both for the regular opera-goer and the armchair listener.