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- catalog abstract "Whilst no one would dispute Wagner's ranking amongst the most significant composers in the history of Western music, his works have been more fiercely attacked than those of any other composer. A racist, womaniser, megalomaniac and anti-Semite, Wagner's personal 'defects' have provoked, and continue to provoke, intense hostility which has translated into a mistrust and abhorrence of his music. In this emphatic, lucid book Michael Tanner discusses why people feel so passionately for or against Wagner, in a way that they don't about other artists with equally lamentable personal traits. He lays out the various arguments made by Wagner's detractors and admirers, and challenges most of them. Tanner's fascination for the relationship between music, text and plot generates an illuminating discussion of the operas, in which he persuades us to see many of Wagner's best-known works afresh - The Ring, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal. He refrains from lengthy and detailed musical examination, giving instead, passionate and unconventional analyses which are accessible to all lovers of music, be they listeners or performers.--From publisher's description.".
- catalog contributor b9685816.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The Case of Wagner -- Prejudices and Banalities -- Getting under Way -- Domesticating Wagner -- Grandeur and Suffering in Wagner:Some Case Studies -- Lobengrin and its Prelude -- Wagner Ponders -- What is the Ring about? -- Men and Gods -- The Fearless Hero -- The Passion of Passion -- Art, Tradition and Authority -- The Ring Resumed -- Redemption to the Redeemer -- Postlude: Wagner and Culture.".
- catalog description "Whilst no one would dispute Wagner's ranking amongst the most significant composers in the history of Western music, his works have been more fiercely attacked than those of any other composer. A racist, womaniser, megalomaniac and anti-Semite, Wagner's personal 'defects' have provoked, and continue to provoke, intense hostility which has translated into a mistrust and abhorrence of his music. In this emphatic, lucid book Michael Tanner discusses why people feel so passionately for or against Wagner, in a way that they don't about other artists with equally lamentable personal traits. He lays out the various arguments made by Wagner's detractors and admirers, and challenges most of them. Tanner's fascination for the relationship between music, text and plot generates an illuminating discussion of the operas, in which he persuades us to see many of Wagner's best-known works afresh - The Ring, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal. He refrains from lengthy and detailed musical examination, giving instead, passionate and unconventional analyses which are accessible to all lovers of music, be they listeners or performers.--From publisher's description.".
- catalog extent "x, 236 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691011621 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "782.1/092 20".
- catalog subject "ML410.W13 T36 1996".
- catalog subject "Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Case of Wagner -- Prejudices and Banalities -- Getting under Way -- Domesticating Wagner -- Grandeur and Suffering in Wagner:Some Case Studies -- Lobengrin and its Prelude -- Wagner Ponders -- What is the Ring about? -- Men and Gods -- The Fearless Hero -- The Passion of Passion -- Art, Tradition and Authority -- The Ring Resumed -- Redemption to the Redeemer -- Postlude: Wagner and Culture.".
- catalog title "Wagner / Michael Tanner.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".