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- catalog abstract "This books takes a comprehensive look at The Ring, exploring the mythology behind it and the story, music, characters, and language of Wagner's monumental work. Intended as both an introduction to The Ring and a powerful reference tool, the book provides listeners, audiences, and readers with a basic guide to the four operas, answering the seemingly simple questions asked by Wagner scholars and newcomers alike: who is who? and what happens? The book contains extensive. Synopses with the composer's stage directions, thus laying out Wagner's original intentions for staging the work. The book explores the heart of The Ring - the music - and vividly portrays the characters by mapping out their complex relationships, their appearances in the four operas, and their mythological backgrounds. Finally, it includes the first English-language concordance to The Ring. Illustrated with photos of stage sets and costume designs from a recent. Metropolitan Opera production, and including a photographic and written survey of influential Ring productions since World War II, the book is an essential handbook for beginners and experts alike.".
- catalog contributor b9210806.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Background -- Ch. 2. The Story -- Ch. 3. The Music -- Ch. 4. The Characters -- Ch. 5. Concordance.".
- catalog description "Discography: p. 403-415.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-434) and index.".
- catalog description "Metropolitan Opera production, and including a photographic and written survey of influential Ring productions since World War II, the book is an essential handbook for beginners and experts alike.".
- catalog description "Synopses with the composer's stage directions, thus laying out Wagner's original intentions for staging the work. The book explores the heart of The Ring - the music - and vividly portrays the characters by mapping out their complex relationships, their appearances in the four operas, and their mythological backgrounds. Finally, it includes the first English-language concordance to The Ring. Illustrated with photos of stage sets and costume designs from a recent.".
- catalog description "This books takes a comprehensive look at The Ring, exploring the mythology behind it and the story, music, characters, and language of Wagner's monumental work. Intended as both an introduction to The Ring and a powerful reference tool, the book provides listeners, audiences, and readers with a basic guide to the four operas, answering the seemingly simple questions asked by Wagner scholars and newcomers alike: who is who? and what happens? The book contains extensive.".
- catalog extent "440 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Wagner's Ring.".
- catalog identifier "157467014X (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Wagner's Ring.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press,".
- catalog relation "Wagner's Ring.".
- catalog subject "782.1 20".
- catalog subject "ML410.W22 H65 1996".
- catalog subject "Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen Concordances.".
- catalog subject "Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Background -- Ch. 2. The Story -- Ch. 3. The Music -- Ch. 4. The Characters -- Ch. 5. Concordance.".
- catalog title "Wagner's Ring : a listener's companion & concordance / J.K. Holman.".
- catalog type "Concordances. fast".
- catalog type "text".