Richard Wagner's Essays on Conducting A New Translation with Critical Commentary
The first modern English edition of Richard Wagner's essays on conducting, extensively annotated, with a critical essay on Wagner as conductor: his aesthetic, practices, vocabulary, and impact.
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press
2021
2021. |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Eastman studies in music,
v. 175 |
| Subjects: | |
| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426992806719 |
Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Richard Wagner's writings on conducting. Reminiscences of Spontini ; Report on the performance of Beethoven's ninth symphony in Dresden in 1846 ; About conducting ; On performing Beethoven's ninth symphony
- pt. II. Critical essay. Richard Wagner and the Art of conducting. About conducting ; Wagner in review ; Wagner in the picture ; Annotated scores and parts ; Writing on conducting ; Mania, Helmsmen, and theory ; Berlioz the catalyst? ; Über das Dirigieren ; Early impact
- Über das Dirigieren ; Structure, context, and meta-text ; Of "Elegance" and Anti-Semitism ; Wagner and the Academy ; Wagner and Beethoven's Ninth ; The Bayreuth performance of Beethoven's Ninth in 1872 ; Finding a vocabulary for conducting ; Melos and the Body ; Tempo modification ; Freedom, control, and the "Two Cultures" ; Charles Darwin and the Imperceptible Art of Transition ; Wagner ex Cathedra ; Wagner's School of Capellmeisters ; Wagner in Translation ; The Triumph of Time.
