Richard Wagner's Essays on Conducting : A New Translation with Critical Commentary / / Chris Walton
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| Autore: |
Walton Chris <1963->
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| Titolo: |
Richard Wagner's Essays on Conducting : A New Translation with Critical Commentary / / Chris Walton
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| Pubblicazione: | University of Rochester Press, 2021 |
| Rochester, NY : , : University of Rochester Press, , 2021 | |
| ©2021 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 306 pages) : illustrations, music ; |
| Disciplina: | 781.45 |
| Soggetto topico: | Music |
| Conducting | |
| Music - 19th century - History and criticism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | History |
| Criticism, interpretation, etc. | |
| Note generali: | This volume contains four writings by Wagner about conducting, and a critical essay on his thoughts and practices. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. I. Richard Wagner's writings on conducting. Reminiscences of Spontini ; Report on the performance of Beethoven's ninth symphony in Dresden in 1846 ; About conducting ; On performing Beethoven's ninth symphony -- pt. II. Critical essay. Richard Wagner and the Art of conducting. About conducting ; Wagner in review ; Wagner in the picture ; Annotated scores and parts ; Writing on conducting ; Mania, Helmsmen, and theory ; Berlioz the catalyst? ; Über das Dirigieren ; Early impact -- Über das Dirigieren ; Structure, context, and meta-text ; Of "Elegance" and Anti-Semitism ; Wagner and the Academy ; Wagner and Beethoven's Ninth ; The Bayreuth performance of Beethoven's Ninth in 1872 ; Finding a vocabulary for conducting ; Melos and the Body ; Tempo modification ; Freedom, control, and the "Two Cultures" ; Charles Darwin and the Imperceptible Art of Transition ; Wagner ex Cathedra ; Wagner's School of Capellmeisters ; Wagner in Translation ; The Triumph of Time. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The first modern English edition of Richard Wagner's essays on conducting, extensively annotated, with a critical essay on Wagner as conductor: his aesthetic, practices, vocabulary, and impact. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Richard Wagner's Essays on Conducting |
| ISBN: | 1-80010-189-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910477300303321 |
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