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Description:Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Richard Wagner explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Wagner's works are among the most controversial in the history of European music because of their powerful aesthetic qualities and, in wider political terms, because of their eventual assimilation into the official culture of the Third Reich. Measuring key elements of Wagner’s oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray the social gestures and high-culture fantasies that helped plant the seeds of the modern Culture Industry. Adorno provides deft musicological analyses of Wagner's scores, compositional techniques, orchestration, and staging methods while quoting copiously from the musical dramas themselves. At the same time, he offers incisive reflections on Wagner's social character and the ideological impulses of his artistic activity. A foreword by Slavoj Zizek situates Adorno’s reflections within present debates over Wagner’s anti-Semitism and the moral status of his work, proving why this book remains one of the most important character studies of the twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In Search of Wagner. To get started finding In Search of Wagner, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Richard Wagner explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Wagner's works are among the most controversial in the history of European music because of their powerful aesthetic qualities and, in wider political terms, because of their eventual assimilation into the official culture of the Third Reich. Measuring key elements of Wagner’s oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray the social gestures and high-culture fantasies that helped plant the seeds of the modern Culture Industry. Adorno provides deft musicological analyses of Wagner's scores, compositional techniques, orchestration, and staging methods while quoting copiously from the musical dramas themselves. At the same time, he offers incisive reflections on Wagner's social character and the ideological impulses of his artistic activity. A foreword by Slavoj Zizek situates Adorno’s reflections within present debates over Wagner’s anti-Semitism and the moral status of his work, proving why this book remains one of the most important character studies of the twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In Search of Wagner. To get started finding In Search of Wagner, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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