Wagner's Meistersinger: Performance, History, Representation (Music)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 158046131X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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NICHOLAS VAZSONYI is Assistant Professor of German, University of South Carolina.
For readers seriously interested in Wagner it will be both instructive and absorbing. CHOICE Nicholas Vazsonyi has organized a collection of new writings whose eleven authors keep the reader up to date with this abundant literature. This book offers a collection of interdisciplinary studies that should supplement some of the more traditional literature on this seminal work by Wagner. More than that, the diverse contributors he has chosen complement one another what results is a book that fulfills its underlying interdisciplinary aim. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE (Barry Millington) A wonderfully wide-reaching introduction to the extensive field of "Meistersinger" scholarship. THE OPERA Nicholas Vazsonyi has assembled a collection of essays that deal with aspects of the opera not necessarily addressed elsewhere, affirming the continuing relevance of the work. Vazsonyi, Rochester University Press, and the indiv
Nicholas Vazsonyi is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina.. Grey, Lydia Goehr, Eva Rieger, Peter Höyng. It was adopted as Germany's national opera ("Nationaloper"), not least because of its historical coincidence with the unification of Germany under Bismarck in 1871. The chronic issue of Wagner's chief opponent, Eduard Hanslick, and his musical and dramatic representation in the opera as Beckmesser, is then addressed, as are gender issues, and Wagner's own utterances concerning the opera. The second section, "Meistersinger and History," examines both the representation of German history in the opera and the way the opera has functioned in history through political appropriation and staging practice. The first section of this volume, "Performing Meistersinger," contains three commissioned ar
"Entertaining set of essays" according to Doug Urquhart. For a Wagnerite who had to miss Bayreuth this season, this was an entertaining set of essays, to read on the beach while the grandchildren built Valhalla in the sand. To continue the seaside metaphor, I think this book is best looked-at like one of those fascinating rock-pools - full of diverse creatures, some interesting, some mundane, some frankly grotesque, and a few surprises.There are a "critic's dozen" essays (like a "baker's dozen" but slightly less than expected, rather than more). The book is organized into three sec