04237nam 2200805 a 450 991078256190332120230721003800.01-281-75266-51-4356-8476-197866117526680-520-93461-X10.1525/9780520934610(CKB)1000000000575893(EBL)358948(OCoLC)476183688(SSID)ssj0000268654(PQKBManifestationID)11246479(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268654(PQKBWorkID)10235356(PQKB)11189969(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084693(MiAaPQ)EBC358948(DE-B1597)518948(OCoLC)289995715(DE-B1597)9780520934610(Au-PeEL)EBL358948(CaPaEBR)ebr10240772(CaONFJC)MIL175266(EXLCZ)99100000000057589320080130d2008 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrWagner beyond good and evil[electronic resource] /John DeathridgeBerkeley University of California Pressc20081 online resource (321 p.)"An Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities"--Jacket flap.0-520-25453-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-282) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Wagner Lives -- 2. "Pale" Senta -- 3. Wagner the Progressive -- 4. Fairy Tale, Revolution, Prophecy -- 5. Symphonic Mastery or Moral Anarchy? -- 6. Siegfried Hero -- 7. Finishing the End -- 8. Don Carlos and Götterdämmerung -- 9. Wagner's Greeks, and Wieland's Too -- 10. Dangerous Fascinations -- 11. Public and Private Life -- 12. Postmortem on Isolde -- 13. Strange Love, Or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Parsifal -- 14. Mendelssohn and the Strange Case of the (Lost) Symphony in C -- 15. Unfinished Symphonies -- 16. Configurations of the New -- 17. Wagner and Beyond -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexJohn Deathridge presents a different and critical view of Richard Wagner based on recent research that does not shy away from some unpalatable truths about this most controversial of composers in the canon of Western music. Deathridge writes authoritatively on what Wagner did, said, and wrote, drawing from abundant material already well known but also from less familiar sources, including hitherto seldom discussed letters and diaries and previously unpublished musical sketches. At the same time, Deathridge suggests that a true estimation of Wagner does not lie in an all too easy condemnation of his many provocative actions and ideas. Rather, it is to be found in the questions about the modern world and our place in it posed by the best of his stage works, among them Tristan und Isolde and Der Ring des Nibelungen. Controversy about Wagner is unlikely to go away, but rather than taking the line of least resistance by regarding him blandly as a "classic" in the Western art tradition, Deathridge suggests that we need to confront the debates that have raged about him and reach beyond them, toward a fresh and engaging assessment of what he ultimately achieved.Opera19th centuryclassical music.controversial composer.deathridge.der ring des nibelungen.engaging assessment.famous classical composers.music appreciation.music history.performing arts.provocative actions.tristan and isolde.understanding wagner.unpublished musical sketches.wagner.western art tradition.western music canon.Opera782.1092Deathridge John1500372MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782561903321Wagner beyond good and evil3727022UNINA