Richard Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde

Klappentext Seven leading international writers discuss the genesis, libretto and music, and performance and reception history of Wagner's Tristan. Zusammenfassung Wagner's Tristan und Isolde has fascinated audiences since its first performance in 1865! its advanced harmonic language marking a defining moment in the evolution of modern music. This accessible handbook - perfect for scholars! students! performers and opera-goers alike - examines the opera's genesis! libretto! music! performance and reception. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Arthur Groos; Synopsis: Wagner's prose draft (1857); 1. Public and private life: on the genesis of Tristan und Isolde and the Wesendonck Lieder John Deathridge; 2. Between memory and desire: Wagner's libretto and late Romantic subjectivity Arthur Groos; 3. The Prelude and the play Joseph Kerman; 4. In the realm of the senses: sight, sound, and the music of desire in Tristan und Isolde Thomas Grey; 5. A mantle of sound for the night: timbre in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde Jürgen Maehder; 6. Staging Tristan Stewart Spencer; 7. Tristan's traces Steven Huebner; Select bilbiography.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Abbate, Arthur Groos
• Assisted by: Arthur Groos (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521437387
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43738-7
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Cambridge Opera Handbooks; Cambridge Opera Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries