Wagner Without Fear
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Wagner Without Fear
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Author : William Berger
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2010-06-16
Wagner Without Fear written by William Berger and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-16 with Music categories.
Do you cringe when your opera-loving friends start raving about the latest production of Tristan? Do you feel faint just thinking about the six-hour performance of Parsifal you were given tickets to? Does your mate accuse you of having a Tannhäuser complex? If you're baffled by the behavior of Wagner worshipers, if you've longed to fathom the mysteries of Wagner's ever-increasing popularity, or if you just want to better understand and enjoy the performances you're attending, you'll find this delightful book indispensable. William Berger is the most helpful guide one could hope to find for navigating the strange and beautiful world of the most controversial artist who ever lived. He tells you all you need to know to become a true Wagnerite--from story lines to historical background; from when to visit the rest room to how to sound smart during intermission; from the Jewish legend that possibly inspired Lohengrin to the tragic death of the first Tristan. Funny, informative, and always a pleasure to read, Wagner Without Fear proves that the art of Wagner can be accessible to everyone. Includes: - The strange life of Richard Wagner--German patriot (and exile), friend (and enemy) of Liszt and Nietzsche - Essential opera lore and "lobby talk" - A scene-by-scene analysis of each opera - What to listen for to get the most from the music - Recommended recordings, films, and sound tracks
Puccini Without Excuses
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Author : William Berger
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2009-07-01
Puccini Without Excuses written by William Berger and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with Music categories.
Puccini is the most beloved composer of opera in the world: one quarter of all opera performances in the U.S. are of his operas, his music pervades movie soundtracks, and his plots have infiltrated our popular culture. But, although Puccini’s art still captivates audiences and the popularity of such works as Tosca, La Bohéme, and Madama Butterfly has never waned, he has long been a victim of critical snobbery and cultural marginalization. In this witty and informative guide for beginners and fans alike, William Berger sets the record straight, reclaiming Puccini as a serious artist. Combining his trademark irreverent humor with passionate enthusiasm, Berger strikes just the right balance of introductory information and thought-provoking analysis. He includes a biography, discussions of each opera, a glossary, fun facts and anecdotes, and above all keen insight into Puccini’s enduring power. For anyone who loves Puccini and for anyone who just wonders what all the fuss is about, Puccini Without Excuses is funny, challenging, and always a pleasure to read. INCLUDES: • Why Puccini’s art and its message of hope is crucial to our world today • How Anglo audiences often miss the mythic significance of his operas • The use of his music as shorthand in films, from A Room with a View to Fatal Attraction • A scene-by scene analysis of each opera • A guide to the wealth of available recordings, books, and videos
Klein And Wagner
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Author : Hermann Hesse
language : en
Publisher: Marchen Press
Release Date : 1973-01-01
Klein And Wagner written by Hermann Hesse and has been published by Marchen Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
"Klein und Wagner," published during Hesse's intense period of psychoanalysis with C.G. Jung, represents one of his most daring literary experiments in psychological fiction. Composed in the winter months that followed the Armistice, Klein und Wagner carries forward the self-interrogation begun in Demian and lies midway between that book’s revelation and the later serenity of Siddhartha. The tale opens on an express train rushing toward the Italian lakes, its fugitive passenger already overwhelmed by images that flicker past like postcards and leave him unmoved, an early sign that the world outside has broken all contact with the conscience within . Friedrich Klein, minor official, husband and father, has forged documents and stolen money; the south offers both exile and the mirage of an earlier dream, “fulfilled wishes of youth” in cypress groves and rose-coloured walls that promise relief yet deliver only sharper self-scrutiny . Hesse orchestrates this setting with the same rapid chiaroscuro he used in Klingsor’s letzter Sommer: bright sensory detail is followed at once by vertigo, so that the geographical journey shadows an inward descent. This work is a clash of Nietzsche and Freud. The novella follows Friedrich Klein, a respectable clerk who, in a moment of existential crisis, abandons his family, embezzles money, and flees to Italy—only to discover that his rebellion merely unleashes his shadow-self, symbolically named after the murderer Wagner. This radical narrative of psychological disintegration marked Hesse's decisive break from his earlier, more conventional works, establishing him as a pioneering voice in European modernism's exploration of fragmented identity. Klein’s abandonment of family and career echoes the period’s widespread rejection of bourgeois norms, while his Mediterranean odyssey reflects postwar fascination with Mediterranean escapism as an antidote to northern European austerity. The narrative’s unresolved tension between liberation and self-destruction captures the zeitgeist of a society oscillating between utopianism and nihilism. Hesse’s own financial struggles and marital breakdowns infuse the text with autobiographical urgency, grounding its existential themes in material precarity. Historically, it documents the era’s psychological disarray, bridging expressionist angst and Neue Sachlichkeit’s detached realism. This new edition features a fresh, contemporary translation of Hesse's early work, making his philosophical, existentialist literature accessible to modern readers from the original Fraktur manuscripts. Enhanced by an illuminating Afterword focused on Hesse's personal and intellectual relationship with Carl Jung, a concise biography, a glossary of essential philosophical terms integral to his writings (his version of Jungian Psychological concepts) and a detailed chronology of his life and major works, this robust edition introduces the reader to the brilliance of his literature in context. It not only captures the depth and nuance of Hesse’s thought but also highlights its enduring impact on the debates of the mid-20th century, contemporary culture and Western Philosophy across the 20th and into the 21st century.
The Faber Pocket Guide To Wagner
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Author : Michael Tanner
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2010-05-06
The Faber Pocket Guide To Wagner written by Michael Tanner and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-06 with Music categories.
Richard Wagner remains, almost 130 years after his death, the most controversial composer in the history of music. Creator of huge and hugely ambitious operas, which have an immense immediate impact, as well as providing food for endless thought and discussion, Wagner has had an influence on many fields outside music. In this lively pocket guide, Michael Tanner gives concise accounts of all his operas - the likes of Parsifal, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde - showing how important it is to grasp the dramatic situations at every point, and indicating some of the key musical features. He also provides an outline of Wagner's astonishing life, and shows that he has often been unfairly criticised and made a scapegoat, especially for political events which took place long after his death. Key features include: - Wagner: his life year by year - Wagner: his music work by work - Things people said about Wagner - Essential Wagner: ten great moments - Wagner on CD and DVD - Wagner bibliography This indispensable Faber Pocket Guide provides a wealth of insights into Wagner and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in both and the man and his music. '[P]robably the best introduction ever written to this most complex of composers.' Simon Heffer, Telegraph
Wagner And The Wonder Of Art
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Author : M. Owen Lee
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Wagner And The Wonder Of Art written by M. Owen Lee and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Music categories.
In Wagner and the Wonder of Art, renowned opera expert M. Owen Lee provides an introduction to the opera and an analysis that will surprise even those veteran operagoers who may not have explored the work's intricate structure and the emotional drama at its centre.
Richard Wagner
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Author : Michael Saffle
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-06-10
Richard Wagner written by Michael Saffle and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-10 with Art categories.
Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer and performer.
Joyce S Grand Operoar
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Author : Matthew John Caldwell Hodgart
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1997
Joyce S Grand Operoar written by Matthew John Caldwell Hodgart and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Joyce's Grand Operoar, two internationally respected Joyce scholars join forces to present over 3,000 of Joyce's opera allusions as they appear in Finnegans Wake. Ruth Bauerle's long, richly detailed, and often amusing introduction critically interprets Joyce's life and work in terms of its operatic and literary interconnections. The resulting volume will delight both opera lovers and Joyceans.
Wagner And Philosophy
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Author : Bryan Magee
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2001-09-06
Wagner And Philosophy written by Bryan Magee and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-09-06 with Philosophy categories.
Wagner was one of the few major composers who studied philosophy seriously. Bryan Magee places the composer's artistic development in the context of the philosophy of his age, and gives us the first detailed and comprehensive study of the close links between Wagner and the philosophers - from the pre-Marxist socialists to Feuerbach and Schopenhauer. Magee explores the relationship between words and music, between the conscious and the unconscious mind, between art and philosophy. It tackles soberly and judiciously the Wagner whose paranoia, egocentricity and anti-semitism are repugnant, as well as the Wagner of artistic genius. The resulting text illuminates Wagner and the music-dramas in altogether new ways.
Richard Wagner And His World
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Author : Thomas S. Grey
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-27
Richard Wagner And His World written by Thomas S. Grey and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-27 with Music categories.
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer. He set out to redefine opera as a "total work of art" combining the highest aspirations of drama, poetry, the symphony, the visual arts, even religion and philosophy. Equally celebrated and vilified in his own time, Wagner continues to provoke debate today regarding his political legacy as well as his music and aesthetic theories. Wagner and His World examines his works in their intellectual and cultural contexts. Seven original essays investigate such topics as music drama in light of rituals of naming in the composer's works and the politics of genre; the role of leitmotif in Wagner's reception; the urge for extinction in Tristan und Isolde as psychology and symbol; Wagner as his own stage director; his conflicted relationship with pianist-composer Franz Liszt; the anti-French satire Eine Kapitulation in the context of the Franco-Prussian War; and responses of Jewish writers and musicians to Wagner's anti-Semitism. In addition to the editor, the contributors are Karol Berger, Leon Botstein, Lydia Goehr, Kenneth Hamilton, Katherine Syer, and Christian Thorau. This book also includes translations of essays, reviews, and memoirs by champions and detractors of Wagner; glimpses into his domestic sphere in Tribschen and Bayreuth; and all of Wagner's program notes to his own works. Introductions and annotations are provided by the editor and David Breckbill, Mary A. Cicora, James Deaville, Annegret Fauser, Steven Huebner, David Trippett, and Nicholas Vazsonyi.
Wagner As I Knew Him
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Author : Ferdinand Praeger
language : en
Publisher: London ; New York : Longmans, Green
Release Date : 1892
Wagner As I Knew Him written by Ferdinand Praeger and has been published by London ; New York : Longmans, Green this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Composers categories.