Wotan, Siegfried, and Brünnhilde
Proofed and corrected from the original edition for enjoyable reading. (Worth every penny spent!)
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Anna Alice Chapin has written a very elaborate and curious exposition of the three characters, of their motives, in the mind of the composer, and of what his work was intended to represent. She accompanies the minute interpretation of each character and his or her acts, with a like interpretation, largely descriptive, of the character and meaning of the music. The various "leading motives," as they are called, are set down in their places in the work in musical notation, and the significance of their recurrence is explained. There is no doubt that any one who studies her work closely and becomes familiar with its spirit and meaning as she understands and interprets it may listen to Wagner's works with far more interest than if hearing them merely as music, or even as drama expressed in music, vocal and orchestral.
This is is a "sympathetic study" of the principal characters of the Nibelungenlied, and is partly historical and partly musical.
A reading of the book will contribute to a better understanding and a fuller appreciation on the part of those dull persons to whom Wagner is more or less of an enigma.
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Anna Alice Chapin has written a very elaborate and curious exposition of the three characters, of their motives, in the mind of the composer, and of what his work was intended to represent. She accompanies the minute interpretation of each character and his or her acts, with a like interpretation, largely descriptive, of the character and meaning of the music. The various "leading motives," as they are called, are set down in their places in the work in musical notation, and the significance of their recurrence is explained. There is no doubt that any one who studies her work closely and becomes familiar with its spirit and meaning as she understands and interprets it may listen to Wagner's works with far more interest than if hearing them merely as music, or even as drama expressed in music, vocal and orchestral.
This is is a "sympathetic study" of the principal characters of the Nibelungenlied, and is partly historical and partly musical.
A reading of the book will contribute to a better understanding and a fuller appreciation on the part of those dull persons to whom Wagner is more or less of an enigma.
Wotan, Siegfried, and Brünnhilde
Proofed and corrected from the original edition for enjoyable reading. (Worth every penny spent!)
***
Anna Alice Chapin has written a very elaborate and curious exposition of the three characters, of their motives, in the mind of the composer, and of what his work was intended to represent. She accompanies the minute interpretation of each character and his or her acts, with a like interpretation, largely descriptive, of the character and meaning of the music. The various "leading motives," as they are called, are set down in their places in the work in musical notation, and the significance of their recurrence is explained. There is no doubt that any one who studies her work closely and becomes familiar with its spirit and meaning as she understands and interprets it may listen to Wagner's works with far more interest than if hearing them merely as music, or even as drama expressed in music, vocal and orchestral.
This is is a "sympathetic study" of the principal characters of the Nibelungenlied, and is partly historical and partly musical.
A reading of the book will contribute to a better understanding and a fuller appreciation on the part of those dull persons to whom Wagner is more or less of an enigma.
***
Anna Alice Chapin has written a very elaborate and curious exposition of the three characters, of their motives, in the mind of the composer, and of what his work was intended to represent. She accompanies the minute interpretation of each character and his or her acts, with a like interpretation, largely descriptive, of the character and meaning of the music. The various "leading motives," as they are called, are set down in their places in the work in musical notation, and the significance of their recurrence is explained. There is no doubt that any one who studies her work closely and becomes familiar with its spirit and meaning as she understands and interprets it may listen to Wagner's works with far more interest than if hearing them merely as music, or even as drama expressed in music, vocal and orchestral.
This is is a "sympathetic study" of the principal characters of the Nibelungenlied, and is partly historical and partly musical.
A reading of the book will contribute to a better understanding and a fuller appreciation on the part of those dull persons to whom Wagner is more or less of an enigma.
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| BN ID: | 2940013280403 |
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| Publisher: | OGB |
| Publication date: | 10/13/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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