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Opera and Drama

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Description for Opera and Drama Paperback.
With Richard Wagner, opera reached the apex of German Romanticism. Originally published in 1851, when Wagner was in political exile, Opera and Drama outlines a new, revolutionary type of musical stage work, which would finally materialize as The Ring of the Nibelung. Wagner's music drama, as he called it, aimed at a union of poetry, drama, music, and stagecraft. In a rare book-length study, the composer discusses the enhancement of dramas by operatic treatment and the subjects that make the best dramas. The expected Wagnerian voltage is here: in his thinking about myths such as Oedipus, his theories about operatic goals ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803297654
SKU
V9780803297654
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