An examination of work by the German music theorist, Alfred Lorenz, to explain Wagner's operas and how they fit with German nationalist ideology. The work of the Wagnerian theorist and analyst Alfred Lorenz (1869-1939) has had a profound influence upon both Wagnerian scholarship and music analysis in the twentieth century, and yet it has never been properly evaluated. Analyzing Wagner's Operas outlines the origins and development of the expressive aesthetic in writings by Wagner and others, as well as in early-twentieth-century theories of musical form, and it considers Lorenz's work and contributions in this light.
The book also hopes to show, to the extent possible, where Lorenz's work acted as a sort of "musical metaphor" for German nationalist ideology during the Nazi era.
| ISBN: | 9781580460231 |
| Publication date: | 25th October 1998 |
| Author: | Stephen McClatchie |
| Publisher: | University of Rochester Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 262 pages |
| Series: | Eastman Studies in Music |
| Genres: |
Opera History of music Music reviews and criticism |
An examination of work by the German music theorist, Alfred Lorenz, to explain Wagner's operas and how they fit with German nationalist ideology. The work of the Wagnerian theorist and analyst Alfred Lorenz (1869-1939) has had a profound influence upon both Wagnerian scholarship and music analysis in the twentieth century, and yet it has never been properly evaluated.
Analyzing Wagner's Operas features in the following genres: Opera, History of music, Music reviews and criticism
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Analyzing Wagner's Operas was written by Stephen McClatchie and published by University of Rochester Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Analyzing Wagner's Operas has 262 pages
Yes it is part of Eastman Studies in Music series