Wagner's Musical Prose
Texts and Contexts
- Author: Grey, Thomas S.
This is a serious study that no Wagnerian scholar should ignore —
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Contents
- Preface
- 1. Wagner and the problematics of 'absolute music' in the nineteenth century
- 2. Beethoven reception and the hermeneutic impulse: 'poetic ideas' and new forms
- 3. Engendering music drama: Opera and Drama and its metaphors
- 4. The 'poetic-musical period' and the 'evolution' of Wagnerian form
- 5. Endless melodies
- 6. Motive and motivations: leitmotif and 'symphonic' drama
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index.