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The Wagner Style
Arnold Whittall
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Description for The Wagner Style
Hardcover. A selection of Arnold Whittall's masterly writings on Wagner dealing with all major works in the context of 150 years' of critical reception - with copious music examples. Editor(s): Wintle, Christopher. Series: Defining Opera. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JH; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158. .
A selection of Arnold Whittall's masterly writings on Wagner dealing with all major works in the context of 150 years' of critical reception - with copious music examples. The book celebrates Arnold Whittall's 80th birthday with a collection of his key writings on Richard Wagner. The first ten chapters deal with the three Romantic operas, the four parts of The Ring and the three remaining music dramas. Their aim is to illuminate those aspects of Wagner's style that are both personal and important for his successors. Whittall sets close readings of key passages in the context of a critical ... Read more
A selection of Arnold Whittall's masterly writings on Wagner dealing with all major works in the context of 150 years' of critical reception - with copious music examples. The book celebrates Arnold Whittall's 80th birthday with a collection of his key writings on Richard Wagner. The first ten chapters deal with the three Romantic operas, the four parts of The Ring and the three remaining music dramas. Their aim is to illuminate those aspects of Wagner's style that are both personal and important for his successors. Whittall sets close readings of key passages in the context of a critical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Plumbago Books and Arts United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780993198304
SKU
V9780993198304
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About Arnold Whittall
ARNOLD WHITTALL is Professor Emeritus of Music Theory & Analysis, King's College London and one of the leading authorities on twentieth-century music and analysis.
Reviews for The Wagner Style
In a time when the idea of a volume celebrating an individual scholar is rarely a publisher's delight, The Wagner Style presents, in its breadth and coherence, a compelling case for such a book, placing an important area of the author's work under the spotlight. [Whittall's] hugely impressive - as well as up-to-date - familiarity with the wider Wagnerian literature. ... Read more