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41. A Guide To The Ring Of The Nibelung, The Trilogy Of Richard Wagner: Its Origin, Story, And Music (1905) by Richard Aldrich | |
Hardcover: 140
Pages
(2009-01-19)
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42. Richard and Adolf: Did Richard Wagner Incite Adolf Hitler to Commit the Holocaust? by Christopher Nicholson | |
Hardcover: 474
Pages
(2007-02-28)
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Clearly a book of little importance or value
Richard and Adolf
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Appreciation depends on your reason for reading.
A Master Work |
43. Richard Wagner (Twayne's world authors series, TWAS 77. Germany) by Robert Raphael | |
Hardcover: 153
Pages
(1969)
Asin: B0006BWTM0 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
44. Imagined Germany: Richard Wagner's National Utopia (German Life and Civilization) by Hannu Salmi | |
Hardcover: 229
Pages
(1999-08)
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45. Wagner Beyond Good and Evil by John Deathridge | |
Hardcover: 324
Pages
(2008-07-14)
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46. Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen by David J. Levin | |
Paperback: 224
Pages
(1999-11-29)
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Editorial Review Product Description Levin begins with an explanation of the book's theoretical foundations and then applies these theories to close readings of, in turn, Wagner's cycle and Lang's film. He concludes by tracing how Germans have dealt with the Nibelungen myths in the wake of the Second World War, paying special attention to Michael Verhoeven's 1989 film The Nasty Girl. His fresh and interdisciplinary approach sheds new light not only on Wagner's Ring and Lang's Die Nibelungen, but also on the ways in which aesthetics can be put to the service of aggression and hatred. The book is an important contribution to scholarship in film and music and also to the broader study of German culture and national identity. Customer Reviews (3)
Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen
Save your money His rant really ticked me off, it is very puerile and boring. If ya gotta buy the book, buy it used.
The misrepresentation is mainly by omission Levin's arguments for these twin accusations will cause jaw-dropping disbelief in anyone familiar with Wagner's or Lang's work. He writes: "Thus Mime is repeatedly shown to be narrating (a terrible thing in Wagner's eyes and works) while Alberich embodies a version of 'Hollywood' cinema (a terrible thing in Lang's eyes and works)." Anyone who's seen or heard a Wagner opera knows that far from narration being "a terrible thing in Wagner's eyes", it's a Wagner specialty. All Wagner's important characters are incorrigible narrators, to an extent that's notoriously off-putting for newcomers. (Levin later claims that Mime is unique because he narrates events that haven't previously been represented in dramatic form. Nice try, but so do most of Wagner's other characters, from Senta and the Dutchman to Wotan and Gurnemantz.) This isn't just a minor error. It's actually Levin's whole argument concerning Wagner: that Wagner's character Mime was a narrator, Wagner hated narrators and thought narration was somehow Jewish, therefore Mime is an antisemitic representation and the _Ring_ is an antisemitic parable. But if we took Levin's test seriously, all the major Wagnerian characters would be Jewish representations, and Wagner would emerge as the most obsessively philosemitic dramatist in history. (Except that according to Levin's test, everyone in Greek tragedy and Japanese Noh drama is Jewish too.) Levin's accusation against Fritz Lang is that his _Nibelungen_ film, made in Germany in 1920, was antisemitic in its depiction of the dwarf Alberich. Levin gave two grounds for his claim that Lang's Alberich is an antisemitic representation. First, Levin said that Lang's biographer Lotte Eisner had claimed that critic Siegfried Kracauer had thought that Lang's depiction of Alberich was antisemitic. Unfortunately for Levin, Kracauer's discussion of Lang's film is in print, and Kracauer made no such allegation. More importantly, Kracauer's opinion would only have weight if Kracauer had actually provided arguments or evidence in support of this reading of Lang's film. So Levin's first piece of supporting evidence is unsubstantiated hearsay; that one critic, Kracauer, may or may not have thought Lang's Alberich was a Jewish caricature, but provided no arguments in support of that interpretation, which he probably did not support. Well, you can't get much more convincing than that! And Levin doesn't. His other argument is that Alberich took Siegfried into an underground cave and shone an image on the wall: the Nibelungs mining for gold. Levin argued, essentially, that projecting images on a wall (a symbol of filmmaking) is somehow a Jewish thing to do. Therefore Lang's Alberich is an antisemitic Jewish caricature. Obviously that's not much of an argument, expressed so baldly. So Levin expressed it hairily. Delving into the works of Freud, Klein, Lacan, etc, he engaged in a great deal of oracular pronouncing and general arm-waving. It's probably fair to describe Freudianism as a dead religion now the Freud Wars are over, and Levin did his case little good by tying so much of it to the Freudian tradition. But against Levin's psychoanalytic flights of fancy there's just one awkward fact. It's that Fritz Lang was of Jewish descent, and he fled Nazi Germany to America (to Hollywood) partly because of politics and partly because of his Jewish ancestry. How did Levin deal with that awkward fact? The same way he dealt with the awkward fact that _everybody_ in Wagner is a narrator, not just Mime. Levin simply didn't mention it. But at one point he cited a biography of Fritz Lang, so he can't credibly claim ignorance of the awkward fact. An intellectually honest academic has to mention facts that hurt their thesis, and argue around them. A book that simply buries awkward facts, presumably in the hope that the readers won't know better, is not an intellectually honest book. Levin does a lot of omitting awkward facts. For example Levin tells us that when Wagner's Siegfried (_Siegfried_ Act II) killed Mime it was because Mime was sort of Jewish; Siegfried heard Mime narrating, and realised that narrators are aliens who should be killed. Next stop, Levin suggests, is the Holocaust. But Levin can only argue this by omitting the actual content of Mime's speech. Mime was telling Siegfried, inadvertently but truthfully, that he intended to drug Siegfried unconscious and then decapitate him. Thus Siegfried could not risk sleeping, if he wanted to wake up again. In a forest, unattended by a police service with the resources to apprehend murderous stalkers, Siegfried killed Mime in self-defence: not because Mime was a narrator, but because Mime would kill him the next time he fell asleep. (By the way Mime's threat to Siegfried was not even narration. It was exposition. Since "narration" is such a central concept in Levin's book, he should at least know what "narration" means.) Here, as with his claims about narration in Wagner, and whether Fritz Lang is likely to have made antisemitic movies, Levin used the technique known as "misrepresentation by omission". He also applied this technique in his discussion of Wagner's prose. But although I'd meant to discuss such things as Levin's claim that Siegfried burnt down the world ash tree in order to forge Nothung (a false claim that suggests that Levin may not have actually read the _Ring_ libretto), and many other things, I'm close to the word limit. Basically this book is nonsense. Wagner students are used to this sort of thing; Wagner brings out this sort of tin-foil-hatted lunacy in some academics. But admirers of Fritz Lang, in the real world a victim rather than a perpetrator of Nazi bigotry, have the right to be a little annoyed by this mildly misleading piece of work. Cheers! Laon ... Read more |
47. Siegfried in Full Score by Richard Wagner | |
Paperback: 439
Pages
(1983-03-01)
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Excellent, high-quality yet cheap reproduction of 1st-Edition score of great opera!
The Return of the Walkure |
48. The Life of Richard Wagner (v. 4) by Ernest Newman | |
Paperback: 744
Pages
(1976-11-06)
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Out of print masterpiece |
49. Richard Wagner's Prose Works V1: The Artwork Of The Future (1895) by Richard Wagner | |
Paperback: 444
Pages
(2010-09-10)
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50. My Life, Volume 1 by Richard Wagner | |
Paperback: 562
Pages
(2010-04-02)
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51. Richard Wagner Boxed Set (Ring Cycle) by Rudolph Sabor | |
Paperback: 1100
Pages
(1997-10-23)
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Concern about the German translation
Der Ring Des Nibelungen : A Companion.
A better understanding of the Ring Cycle
Excellent Information on The Ring
very helpful commentary and beautiful translation |
52. Gotterdammerung in Full Score by Richard Wagner | |
Paperback: 615
Pages
(1982-03-01)
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Excellent reprint of a good first edition of a great work!!
Twilight of the Gods It's a big work but once you get involved in the action (thistakes a few seconds at most), the time flies by and before you know it, itis over.It is a great idea to equip oneself with the score for mostproductions as, unfortunately, there are very few good productions of thisever. It is a complicated score, exhausting and difficult to sing andinterpret. A pity, for when Gotterdammerung is done right there are fewthings as powerful and beautiful in the world. ... Read more |
53. The Flying Dutchman and other Stories from Wagner by C.E. Smith, Richard Wagner | |
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(2008-05-15)
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54. Wagner and the Erotic Impulse by Laurence Dreyfus | |
Hardcover: 288
Pages
(2010-12-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Though his image is tarnished today by unrepentant anti-Semitism, Richard Wagner (1813–1883) was better known in the nineteenth century for his provocative musical eroticism. In this illuminating study of the composer and his works, Laurence Dreyfus shows how Wagner’s obsession with sexuality prefigured the composition of operas such as Tannhäuser, Die Walküre, Tristan und Isolde, and Parsifal. Daring to represent erotic stimulation, passionate ecstasy, and the torment of sexual desire, Wagner sparked intense reactions from figures like Baudelaire, Clara Schumann, Nietzsche, and Nordau, whose verbal tributes and censures disclose what was transmitted when music represented sex. Wagner himself saw the cultivation of an erotic high style as central to his art, especially after devising an anti-philosophical response to Schopenhauer’s “metaphysics of sexual love.” A reluctant eroticist, Wagner masked his personal compulsion to cross-dress in pink satin and drench himself in rose perfumes while simultaneously incorporating his silk fetish and love of floral scents into his librettos. His affection for dominant females and surprising regard for homosexual love likewise enable some striking portraits in his operas. In the end, Wagner’s achievement was to have fashioned an oeuvre which explored his sexual yearnings as much as it conveyed—as never before—how music could act on erotic impulse. |
55. Decoding Wagner: An Invitation to His World of Music Drama (includes 2 CDs) by Thomas May | |
Paperback: 220
Pages
(2004-12-22)
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Editorial Review Product Description This guide aims to unlock the world of Richard Wagner and his works, his monumental achievements, and, ultimately, the great emotional power inherent in his art. This emotional power is double-edged, often serving as a kind of mirror for what each listener brings to it. The book challenges the assumptions and stereotypes of the "Wagnerian" idea of art. Decoding Wagner presents a straightforward, fresh overview of what Wagner attempted to achieve with his "artwork of the future." Lively discussions of his major works place them in the context of his life and consider the interplay of dramatic and musical elements with philosophical ideas which are so unique to Wagner. Two accompanying full-length CDs illustrate and trace his growth as a composer. Decoding Wagner appraises the enormously expressive richness that continues to make his art compelling and relevant for contemporary audiences. Customer Reviews (5)
Good Selection of Music, Superficial Insubstantial Text
interesting book with cds
An opera celebration
Very solid overview of Wagner's operas - 2 Good Music CDs
Accessible, lively and well-written |
56. I Saw the World End: A Study of Wagner's Ring (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Deryck Cooke | |
Paperback: 368
Pages
(1992-03-12)
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SUPERB STUDY, CUT SHORT BY AUTHOR'S DEATH
Wagner expert explains the Ring
Masterly Exegesis
Sadly, unfinished
extraordinary book This book actually makes sense of Der Ring des Niblungen - no easy task, as anyone familiar with the opera tetralogy is well aware.If you are interested in the tetralogy and want to know more about it, this is THE book.There are, however, two tragedies associated with this book: the first is that the author's untimely death prevented him from finishing the book (though the material printed is itself finished).The whole book should have been about three times the length of the printed material.The second tragedy is that it is OUT OF PRINT - this is absolutely disgraceful...hopefully this title will come in to print again. Get a hold of a copy of this book if you can. ... Read more |
57. Richard Wagner: A Biography by Derek Watson | |
Paperback: 384
Pages
(1983-02)
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Excellent, Compelling Biography
best single biography on Richard Wagner |
58. Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth by Oliver Hilmes | |
Hardcover: 354
Pages
(2010-06-08)
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A fascinating life finally revealed in full
Honest portrait of a historic figure
Bayreuth: Spiritual Home of Nazism
Engrossing Biography |
59. Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by Lucy Beckett | |
Paperback: 176
Pages
(1981-08-31)
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Down to the point Particularly the parts about the origination of the theme of Parsifal is well researched and worth reading.
Scholarly review of Parsifal The book is divided into sections about Wagner's sourcematerial, a history of Parsifal performances, a musical commentary, adiscussion of the critical reactions to Parsifal from Wagner's time to thepresent, and a proposed interpretation.In the "interpretation"section, the author argues that Parsifal must be interpreted as a religiouswork. I was disappoined with the book, because I was expecting a moredetailed interpretation (for example, what actually happens in Act II ofParsifal?) The book is interesting, but was not quite what I was lookingfor.However, the chapter on Wagner's source material is a necessaryprerequisite on forming your own opinion of this work, so those of youstill grappling with this opera should consider purchasing this book. ... Read more |
60. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen: Band III. Die Kunst und die Revolution. Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft... Oper und Drama, Teil 1 (German Edition) by Richard Wagner | |
Paperback: 327
Pages
(2001-09-24)
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