An edition of Wagner's Parsifal (2013)

Wagner's Parsifal

by William Kinderman

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An edition of Wagner's Parsifal (2013)

Wagner's Parsifal

"William Kinderman's detailed study of Parsifal, described by the composer as his "last card," explores the evolution of the text and music of this inexhaustible yet highly controversial music drama across Wagner's entire career, and offers a reassessment of the ideological and political history of Parsifal, shedding new light on the connection of Wagner's legacy to the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The compositional genesis is traced through many unfamiliar manuscript sources, revealing unsuspected models and veiled connections to Wagner's earlier works. Fresh analytic perspectives are revealed, casting the dramatic meaning of Parsifal in a new light. Much debated aspects of the work, such as Kundry's death at the conclusion, are discussed in the context of its stage history."--book jacket.

Publish Date

2013

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

Pages

327

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Prelude. Parsiful as art and ideology

The process of composition. The poem : its background and evolution. Carlo Gozzi's La donna serpente ; The Paris and Dresden periods ; Parzival as wandering pilgrim in Tristan und Isolde ; Kundry as a mysterious compound being ; The prose draft of 1865 ; The completion of the text

The genesis of the music. The "Dresden Amen" and "Excelsior!" motives ; The sketch fragments and their reconstruction ; The earliest sketches ; The "core of the whole": the music of the Grail ; The relation of sketches and drafts ; Act 1 ; Act 2 ; Act 3 ; Revision after April 1879 ; The transformation music of act 1

Musical form and dramatic meaning. Wagner's late style ; Grail and anti-Grail ; The sense of an ending.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-318) and index.

Published in: New York
Series: Studies in musical genesis, structure, and interpretation, Studies in musical genesis, structure, and interpretation

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class: 782.1
Library of Congress: ML410.W17 K56 2013, ML410.W17K56 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination: vi, 327 p.
Number of pages: 327

Edition Identifiers

Open Library: OL27153030M
Internet Archive: wagnersparsifal0000kind
ISBN 10: 0195366921
ISBN 13: 9780195366921
LCCN: 2012034349
OCLC/WorldCat: 808108824

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Work ID: OL19972845W

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Wagner's Parsifal

by William Kinderman