| Wagner's Visions: Poetry, Politics, and the Psyche in the Operas Through Die Walküre Contributor(s): Syer, Katherine R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580464823 ISBN-13: 9781580464826 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Literary Criticism - Music | Individual Composer & Musician |
| Dewey: 782.109 |
| LCCN: 2014946265 |
| Series: Eastman Studies in Music |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 eighteenth-century Venetian playwright Carlo Gozzi, the Iphigenia operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck, and the legacy of the martyr Theodor Körner, whose poetry became the lingua franca of the revolutionary movement to liberate and unify Germany. Syer's book offers fresh insights into the historical context that gave rise to Wagner's dramatic art, revealing how his distinct and powerful imagery is intimately bound up with the crises and instabilities of his era. Katherine R. Syer is associate professor of theatre and musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
Contributor Bio(s): Syer, Katherine R.: - Ph.D. 1999, University of Victoria, Canada. |