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The New Grove guide to Wagner and his operas / Barry Millington.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML410.W13 W114 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Millington, Barry.
- Series:
- New Grove composers series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Operas.
- Wagner, Richard.
- Opera.
- Physical Description:
- x, 190 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- One of the most controversial figures in the history of ideas as well as music, Richard Wagner continues to stimulate debate whenever his works are performed. Drawing upon the scholarship of The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Barry Millington offers a concise, portable survey of Wagner's works, which will make a welcome addition to the shelf of anyone who loves opera.
- With The New Grove Guide to Wagner and His Operas, Millington brings readers the most comprehensive and up-to-date material available on Richard Wagner. He includes a summary of Wagner productions from 1876 to the present day, a suggested listening and viewing guide, complete chronology of Wagner's operas, and a glossary of Wagnerian terms that will delight any opera-goer. In addition, there are detailed entries on each of Wagner's operas, a main biographical section, and a group of separate articles on such topics as Leitmotif and Gesamtkunstwerk, as well as an in-depth article on Bayreuth.
- Complete with a full bibliography, glossary, and discography, The New Grove Guide to Wagner and His Operas furnishes both seasoned Wagner-lovers and neophytes with all they require for a full appreciation of this unique historical figure.
- Contents:
- Chronology of Wagner's life and operas
- Life
- Works
- The operas
- Bayreuth / by Geoffrey Skelton
- Gesamtkunstwerk
- Leitmotif / by Arnold Whittall
- Staging Wagner from 1876 to the present day.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Wagner and his operas / edited by Stanley Sadie. c2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-190).
- ISBN:
- 0195305884
- 0195311280
- OCLC:
- 63122768
- Publisher Number:
- 9780195305883
- 9780195311280
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