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Art and Politics (Paperback)
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A master of mystery and paradox, Wagner spent his life composing
himself while composing music. Written between 1864 and 1878, the
essays in "Art and Politics" converge upon Wagner's desire to
define and reform German culture. He was deeply annoyed that
Germany seemed to satisfy itself with cheap theater, vulgar songs,
and clumsy imitations of French art. In "What Is German?" he
declared that German culture must rise above the common ruck.
Citing "Music's wonderman" Johann Sebastian Bach as his precursor,
Wagner fought to persuade his readers that German culture had a
historic destiny, and that destiny was shaped first and foremost by
music. As usual, embroiled in the defense of his operas and his
person, Wagner recognized that his rescue from attack and poverty
could not be expected from "Franco-Judaico-German democracy." He
instead fixed his hopes elsewhere: "the embodied voucher" for
fundamental law, the Monarch. He found himself at a turning point
in his career. In 1864 King Ludwig II of Bavaria befriended Wagner
and gave him badly needed financial support. This alliance aroused
Wagner's enemies into further fits of jealousy. Yet, amid the
public scorn, he worked on the production of "Tristan und""Isolde,"
drafted the libretto for "Parsifal," and composed sections of
"Siegfried" and "Die""Meistersinger." In these essays Wagner
resumes his considerations of the close ties between religion and
art. He calls art "the kindly Life-saviour who does not really and
wholly lead us out beyond this life, but, within it, lifts us up
above it and shews it as itself a game of play." These essays
express his artistic credo and the knowledge of German literature
that underpinned his claims for German genius. Following his
ideals, he proclaimed his intention to raise the quality of German
opera, by himself if necessary. This edition includes the full text
of volume 4 of the translation of Wagner's works commissioned in
1895 by the London Wagner Society.
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