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Richard Wagner in Paris
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This book presents Wagner's perennial ambition of an international operatic success in the "capital city of the nineteenth century" and the paradoxical consequences of that ambition upon its failure. Through an examination of previously neglected source materials, the book engages with ideas in the so-called "Wagner debate" as an ongoing philosophical project that tries to come to terms with the composer's Germanness. The book is in three main parts arranged broadly in chronological sequence. The first considers Wagner's earliest years in Paris, focusing on his own French-language drafts of Das Liebesverbot and Der fliegende Holländer. The second part explores his stance towards Paris "at a distance" following his return to Saxony and subsequent political exile. Arriving at Wagner's most often discussed "Paris period" (1859-61), the third part interrogates the concert performances under the composer's direction at the Thétre-Italien and revisionist aspects of their reception.
JEREMY COLEMAN gained his PhD from King's College London and is a Teaching Fellow in Music at the University of Aberdeen.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2019-10-18
Publication Date:
2019-10-18
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1783274425
ISBN13:
9781783274420
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Weight:
505 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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