Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music /
Ross, Alex, 1968-
Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music / Alex Ross. - First edition. - x, 769 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 663-728) and index.
Prelude : Death in Venice -- Rheingold : Wagner, Nietzsche, and the Ring -- Tristan Chord : Baudelaire and the Symbolists -- Swan Knight : Victorian Britain and Gilded Age America -- Grail Temple : Esoteric, Decadent, and Satanic Wagner -- Holy German Art : The Kaiserreich and Fin-de-Siècle Vienna -- Nibelheim : Jewish and Black Wagner -- Venusberg : Feminist and Gay Wagner -- Brünnhilde's Rock : Willa Cather and the Singer-Novel -- Magic Fire : Modernism, 1900 to 1914 -- Nothung : The First World War and Hitler's Youth -- Ring of Power : Revolution and Russia -- Flying Dutchman : Ulysses, The Waste Land, The Waves -- Siegfried's Death : Nazi Germany and Thomas Mann -- Ride of the Valkyries : Film from The Birth of a Nation to Apocalypse Now -- The Wound : Wagnerism After 1945.
"A large-canvas narrative history, charting the impact of the cultural titan Wagner on art and politics. Ross will show how various artists--composers, novelists, poets, filmmakers--wrestled with the legacy of Wagner in the twentieth century"--
9780374285937 0374285934
2020012449
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 --Influence.
Opera--Political aspects--History--19th century.
Opera--Political aspects--History--20th century.
Music and literature--History--19th century.
Music and literature--History--20th century.
Art and music--History--19th century.
Motion pictures and music--History--20th century.
Music criticism and reviews.
Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music / Alex Ross. - First edition. - x, 769 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 663-728) and index.
Prelude : Death in Venice -- Rheingold : Wagner, Nietzsche, and the Ring -- Tristan Chord : Baudelaire and the Symbolists -- Swan Knight : Victorian Britain and Gilded Age America -- Grail Temple : Esoteric, Decadent, and Satanic Wagner -- Holy German Art : The Kaiserreich and Fin-de-Siècle Vienna -- Nibelheim : Jewish and Black Wagner -- Venusberg : Feminist and Gay Wagner -- Brünnhilde's Rock : Willa Cather and the Singer-Novel -- Magic Fire : Modernism, 1900 to 1914 -- Nothung : The First World War and Hitler's Youth -- Ring of Power : Revolution and Russia -- Flying Dutchman : Ulysses, The Waste Land, The Waves -- Siegfried's Death : Nazi Germany and Thomas Mann -- Ride of the Valkyries : Film from The Birth of a Nation to Apocalypse Now -- The Wound : Wagnerism After 1945.
"A large-canvas narrative history, charting the impact of the cultural titan Wagner on art and politics. Ross will show how various artists--composers, novelists, poets, filmmakers--wrestled with the legacy of Wagner in the twentieth century"--
9780374285937 0374285934
2020012449
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 --Influence.
Opera--Political aspects--History--19th century.
Opera--Political aspects--History--20th century.
Music and literature--History--19th century.
Music and literature--History--20th century.
Art and music--History--19th century.
Motion pictures and music--History--20th century.
Music criticism and reviews.