WAGNER AND BEETHOVEN by Klaus Kropfinger, Peter Palmer (Trans) ( 9780521342018 )

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Title:

WAGNER AND BEETHOVEN
RICHARD WAGNER'S RECEPTION OF BEETHOVEN

By:

Klaus Kropfinger, Peter Palmer (Trans)

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Hardback

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0521342015

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9780521342018

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

4 July, 1991

Pages:

302

Translated from:

German

Description:

This book analyses the lifelong impact of Beethoven's music on Wagner and its importance for his conception of music drama.

Synopsis:

This book analyses the lifelong impact of Beethoven's music on Wagner and its importance for his conception of music drama. Kropfinger charts and scrutinises Wagner's early responses to the composer and considers his experience as a conductor of Beethoven's music. A discussion of the Romantic 'Beethoven image' leads to a careful study of Wagner's aesthetic writings, including his 'programmatic explanations', the text 'Concerning Franz Liszt's symphonic poems', and his Beethoven centenary essay. The penultimate chapter addresses Wagner's theory and practice of music drama which he came to regard as the preordained successor to the Beethovenian symphony. Through his study, Kropfinger offers a fresh understanding of Wagner, music drama, and the development of musical structures.

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bibliography, index

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Cambridge University Press

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