Richard Wagner Parsifal |
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| Author:
| Beckett, Lucy |
| Series title: | Cambridge Opera Handbooks Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-29662-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1981 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.99 |
Book Description:
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In this book Lucy Beckett gives a comprehensive account of Wagner's last and strangest opera. The literary sources of this work, its many links with Wagner's life and thought, its libretto, music and stage history, are all thoroughly examined. There is a full commentary, with extensive quotation, on the work's critical history, and finally, a fresh assessment of its place in the Wagner canon and of its unique quality as a music drama that is both modern and Christian.
In this book Lucy Beckett gives a comprehensive account of Wagner's last and strangest opera. The literary sources of this work, its many links with Wagner's life and thought, its libretto, music and stage history, are all thoroughly examined. There is a full commentary, with extensive quotation, on the work's critical history, and finally, a fresh assessment of its place in the Wagner canon and of its unique quality as a music drama that is both modern and Christian.