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Author: Nancy Ellison
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780847834631
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"...A photographic tribute to Otto Schenk's and James Levine's landmark production of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen as it was performed for the last time at the Metropolitan Opera during the 2008-9 season."--dust jacket.
Author: J. K. Holman
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 2003-03
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9781574670707
DOWNLOAD EBOOK(Amadeus). This book explores the mythology, story, music, characters and language of Wagner's monumental work. At its heart is a concordance of the keywords in the four librettos, a powerful reference tool. The volume also includes a brief synopsis of each of the four operas, a presentation of the 145 principal musical motives in order of appearance, and a discussion of the characters and their relationships, listing their appearances and the musical motives associated with them.
Author: P. Craig Russell
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 453
ISBN-13: 1616554010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Eisner Award-winning series, finally collected in one volume, presents one of the grandest stories of Western civilisation, one of the most explosive epics in the history of comics. Giants plot against gods, who in turn tear human lovers apart, the lives of great warriors are ruined and countless people are slain in the name of love and gold. This re-telling of the Ring Cycle marks a new high point in the career of this true artist's artist, and features a lavish index of production notes, sketches and commmentaries.
Author: Mark Berry
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780754653561
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book considers Wagner's treatment of various worlds: nature, politics, economics, and metaphysics, in order to explain just how radical that challenge is."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: M. Owen Lee
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing brief plot summaries of the four music dramas comprising the 'Ring', Lee explores the music, myths and meaning of Wagner's controversial masterwork.
Author: Matthew Bribitzer-Stull
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-05-14
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 1107098394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough analysis, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull explores the legacy of the leitmotif, from Wagner's Ring cycle to present-day Hollywood film music.
Author: Gustav Kobbé
Publisher:
Published: 1894
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.
Author: T. K. Seung
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780739111284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author reads Goethe's Faust as the first epic written under Spinoza's influence. He shows how its thematic development is governed by Spinoza's pantheistic naturalism. He further contends that Wagner and Nietzsche have tried to surpass their mentor Goethe's work by writing their own Spinozan epics of love and power in The Ring of the Nibelung and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. These Spinozan epics are designed to succeed the Christian epics in the Western literary tradition. Whereas the Christian epics dared to groom human beings for their destiny in the supernatural world, the Spinozan epics try to reinstate humanity as the children of Mother Nature and overcome their alienation from the natural world, which had been dictated by the long reign of Christianity. However, it has been well noted that none of these new epics seems to hang together thematically as a coherent work. By his Spinozan reading, the author not only demonstrates the thematic unity of each of them singly, but further illustrates their thematic relation with each other.
Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 0977145581
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOpera classics library explores the inner soul of Wagner's colossus of music theater. All of the Ring's mysteries are unlocked, and its immensity and complexity are analyzed and made coherent for the newcomer as well as for the seasoned enthusiast.
Author: Deryck Cooke
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780193153189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWagner's Ring has baffled and confused critics because of the highly complex meaning of its text and music. The diverse range of commentaries written on the subject since the first performance over one hundred years ago reveals just how little critics have understood The Ring. Deryck Cooke displays his masterly common sense in this study of how and why The Ring took the shape it did. This volume represents only a portion of the enormous book he had planned--his untimely death prevented him from writing a full analysis of the music. Even as it stands, I Saw The World End will give fresh understanding and appreciation to every lover of Wagner's music. -- PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION.
