Catalog

Catalog

Author: Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia

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Published: 1918

Total Pages: 996

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Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation

Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation

Author: William Kinderman

Publisher:

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0195366921

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This study explores the evolution of the text and music of this inexhaustible yet highly controversial music drama across Wagner's entire career, and offers a reassessment of the ideological and political history of 'Parsifal' that illuminates the connection of Wagner's legacy to the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The compositional genesis is traced through many unfamiliar sketches and manuscript sources held at Bayreuth, revealing unsuspected models and veiled connections to Wagner's earlier works.