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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154339103321

Autore

Kinderman William

Titolo

Wagner's Parsifal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2013

ISBN

0-19-536692-1

0-19-934486-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 327 p.) : ill

Collana

Studies in musical genesis, structure, and interpretation Wagner's Parsifal

Disciplina

782.1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This study explores the evolution of the text and music of this inexhaustible yet highly controversial music drama across Wagner's entire career, and offers a reassessment of the ideological and political history of 'Parsifal' that illuminates the connection of Wagner's legacy to the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The compositional genesis is traced through many unfamiliar sketches and manuscript sources held at Bayreuth, revealing unsuspected models and veiled connections to Wagner's earlier works.