Quest for the Gesamtkunstwerk and Richard Wagner /

"The Gesamtkunstwerk ("total work of art"), once a key concept in Wagner studies, has become problematic. This book sheds light on this conundrum by first tracing the development of the concept in the 19th century through selected examples, some of which include combinations of differ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, H. M. (Hilda Meldrum) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883 > Criticism and interpretation.
Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the nature of the quest
  • The landscape garden
  • Romantic drama and the visual arts
  • Goethe's Faust: Gesamtkunstwerk or Universaltheater?
  • Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century theoretical approaches
  • Moment and Motiv: critical approaches to the Ring cycle
  • Analysis of the Erda scenes
  • Adolphe Appia: a watershed in the evolution of the Gesamtkunstwerk
  • Wieland Wagner: the Appia heritage and the Gesamtkunstwerk
  • The centenary Ring: deconstruction and the Gesamtkunstwerk.

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