Newman is the author of the standard four volume biography of
Wagner, published over the years 1933-1946. In the course of his
research, in the publication and availability of new source
material, he has come across primary data which enables him to see
Wagner's work as Wagner himself viewed it. And for this reason he
is publishing this new analysis of the operas, beginning with The
Flying Dutchman and going on through Parsifal. Enormous erudition -
profound understanding of the man, his period, the forces operating
at the time each opera was composed and produced. A book for close
students of the scores- for listeners who want to share Newman's
own determination to get from the operas that last ounce of what
went into their creation. Special market. (Kirkus Reviews)
In this classic guide, the foremost Wagner expert of our century
discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their
key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos,
and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to
work. Acclaimed as the most complete and intellectually satisfying
analysis of the Wagner operas, the book has met with unreserved
enthusiasm from specialist and casual music lover alike. Here,
available for the first time in a single paperback volume, is the
perfect companion for listening to, or attending, The Flying
Dutchman, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, Die
Meistersinger, the four operas of the Ring Cycle, and Parsifal.
Newman enriches his treatment of the stories, texts, and music of
the operas with biographical and historical materials from the
store of knowledge that he acquired while completing his numerous
books on Wagner, including the magisterial Life of Richard Wagner.
The text of The Wagner Operas is filled with hundreds of musical
examples from the scores, and all the important leitmotifs and
their interrelationships are made clear in Newman's lucid prose.
"This is as fine an introduction as any ever written about a major
composer's masterpieces. Newman outlines with unfailing clarity and
astuteness each opera's dramatic sources, and he takes the student
through the completed opera, step by step, with all manner of
incidental insight along the way."--Robert Bailey, New York
University"
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