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Wagner's Visions: Poetry, Politics, and the Psyche in the Operas through "Die Walküre" (Eastman Studies in Music)
Katherine R. Syer
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Hardcover. Examines the impact of contemporary ideas about the psyche and neglected yet crucial artistic influences on the psychological dimension of Wagner's operas, especially Die Feen, Der fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, and the Ring. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 276 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
Examines the impact of contemporary ideas about the psyche and neglected yet crucial artistic influences on the psychological dimension of Wagner's operas, especially Die Feen, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and the Ring. Wagner's Visions studies crucial influences on Wagner's dramatic style during the years before and just after the failed Dresden revolutionary uprising of 1849. Offering a detailed examination of Die Feen, Wagner's least-known complete opera, together with analysis of Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and the four Ring dramas, Katherine Syer explores the inner experiences of Wagner's protagonists. Sources ofparticular political significance include the fables of the ... Read more
Examines the impact of contemporary ideas about the psyche and neglected yet crucial artistic influences on the psychological dimension of Wagner's operas, especially Die Feen, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and the Ring. Wagner's Visions studies crucial influences on Wagner's dramatic style during the years before and just after the failed Dresden revolutionary uprising of 1849. Offering a detailed examination of Die Feen, Wagner's least-known complete opera, together with analysis of Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and the four Ring dramas, Katherine Syer explores the inner experiences of Wagner's protagonists. Sources ofparticular political significance include the fables of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580464826
SKU
V9781580464826
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About Katherine R. Syer
Ph.D. 1999, University of Victoria, Canada.
Reviews for Wagner's Visions: Poetry, Politics, and the Psyche in the Operas through "Die Walküre" (Eastman Studies in Music)
An insightful analysis of Wagner's operas, which displays a profound understanding of the deep structure of operas and is impressive in its ability to draw together a wide variety of different phenomena. Not least because of the extremely skillful handling of language that leads to vivid and concise descriptions of both artworks and their historical and cultural environments, it is ... Read more