Verdi and/or Wagner : two men, two worlds, two centuries / Peter Conrad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conrad, Peter, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901--Criticism and interpretation.

Verdi, Giuseppe.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Composers--Italy--Biography.

Composers.

Criticism and interpretation.

Italy.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883--Criticism and interpretation.

Wagner, Richard.

Composers--Germany--Biography.

Germany.

Music--Europe--19th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Europe.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

384 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, [2011]

Summary:

A cultural critic recently retired from Oxford University, Conrad compares the lives and work of towering opera composers Italian Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and German Richard Wagner (1813-83). His topics include counterparts; national characters; maestro, meister, muses; duets or dualities; a death and a regeneration; and their second century. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Counterparts

Stand-off in a Garden 7

Stereophony 21

2 National Characters

North and South 34

Old Germany, Young Italy 51

Conquerors 66

'Oh, You Nineteenth Century!' 76

3 Maestro, Meister, Muses

Lessons of the Masters 89

Getting and Spending 108

Magi 139

Two Women and Womankind 150

At Home 164

4 Duets or Dualities

Genesis in Music 180

'That Song Conquers Me' 203

Lovers and Heroes 216

A New Religion 229

5 A Death and a Regeneration

The Man of the Evening 245

An Evergreen 264

6 Their Second Century

Ups and Downs 294

On the March 309

After the War, Before the Revolution 326

Notes on the Redefinition of Culture 349

Acts of Remembrance 362.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780500515938 :

050051593X

OCLC:

721888455