Richard Wagner - A Life in Music

Informationen zum Autor Martin Geck is professor of musicology at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. His other books include Johann Sebastian Bach: Life and Work and Robert Schumann : The Life and Work of a Romantic Composer , the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press. Stewart Spencer is an independent scholar and the translator of more than three dozen books. Klappentext Translation of: Geck, Martin. Wagner. M'unchen: Siedler, 2012. "Martin Geck's new biography deftly weaves both familiar and unfamiliar facts about the composer to create a striking fresh portrait, or rather a tapestry, shot through with insightful remarks on musical matters as well. The contributions of language, harmony, leitmotif, voices, instrumentation, and stage production to the elusive goal of a 'total artwork' are illuminated from the perspective of Wagner's own life and writings as well as that of many notable contemporaries. Geck engages the politics of Wagner's legacy honestly and without polemics. A series of brief inter-chapters on key Jewish figures in the composer's biography and in his reception offer a novel, constructive approach to the vexed theme of Wagner's anti-Semitism. The scholarly frame of reference is truly international. Geck succeeds brilliantly in synthesizing the complex phenomenon of Wagner in a thoroughly approachable yet consistently provocative study."--Thomas Grey, Stanford University Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner (1813-83) was a conductor, librettist, theater director, and essayist, in addition to being the composer of some of the most enduring operatic works in history, such as the Flying Dutchman. This book explores key ideas in Wagner's life and works.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Geck, Geck Martin
• Assisted by: Mr. Stewart Spencer (Translation), Stewart Spencer (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2013
• EAN: 9780226924618
• ISBN: 978-0-226-92461-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 235 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera, Biography: arts & entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment