Wagner and the French muse : music, society, and nation in modern France / Paul du Quenoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Quenoy, Paul, 1977-

Contributor:

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883--Influence.

Wagner, Richard.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Music--Social aspects--France--History--19th century.

Music.

Music--Social aspects--France--History--20th century.

Music, Influence of.

Music--Social aspects.

History.

France.

Physical Description:

xi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bethesda : Academica Press, [2011]

Summary:

Du Quenoy (history and archeology, American U. of Beirut, Lebanon) explores the diffusion of thought about and admiration for German composer Richard Wagner (1813-83) across the difficult border between Germany and France. The Wagnerian phenomenon requires greater attention over a longer period of time, he says, stretching from the post-Napoleonic Restoration era to the present. Indeed he contends that rather than confining French appreciations of Wagner to one or two decades of the early fin-de siecle, scholars should instead view Wagner's encounter with France as an appreciable current rising through modern history and continuing into a very much living present. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

"On my true path" : beginnings, 1839-1860

"Full of enthusiasm for the new art" : growth, 1860-1883

"The greatest man who ever lived" : apotheosis, 1883-1914

"The patrimony of all humanity" : at war, 1914-1918

'Honeymoon to Bayreuth' : in peace and war, 1918-1944

'An amnesty for Wagner? Yes!' : postwar, 1944-2009.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

1930901801

9781930901803

OCLC:

154703984

Publisher Number:

99943844295