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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789803603321

Autore

Dreyfus Laurence <1952->

Titolo

Wagner and the erotic impulse [[electronic resource] /] / Laurence Dreyfus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-674-05929-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

782.1092

Soggetti

Opera - 19th century

Sex in opera

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.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Echoes -- 2. Intentions -- 3. Harmonies -- 4. Pathologies -- 5. Homoerotics -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Musical Examples -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Though his image is tarnished today by unrepentant anti-Semitism, Richard Wagner (1813–1883) was better known in the nineteenth century for his provocative musical eroticism. In this illuminating study of the composer and his works, Laurence Dreyfus shows how Wagner’s obsession with sexuality prefigured the composition of operas such as Tannhäuser, Die Walküre, Tristan und Isolde, and Parsifal.