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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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Richard Strauss
Ernest Newman
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R880
Discovery Miles 8 800
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J.S. Bach (Hardcover)
Albert Schweitzer, Ernest Newman
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R1,154
Discovery Miles 11 540
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J.S. Bach (Paperback)
Albert Schweitzer, Ernest Newman
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R844
Discovery Miles 8 440
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