| Description |
viii, 248 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index. |
| Contents |
Principles -- A totality of symbols -- Words, music, staging -- Compatibility on stage -- Practice -- The start of opera -- Monteverdi -- The Age of Reason -- The Enlightenment -- A Masonic vision -- The romantic movement -- Verdi -- Early Wagner -- Wagner's Ring -- Further Wagner -- The last of Wagner -- Realism -- Strauss -- The twentieth century -- Musical examples from Wagner's Ring. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Opera.
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Symbolism in music.
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| ISBN |
0300047134 (alk. paper) |
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9780300047134 (alk. paper) |
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0300056613 (pbk.) |
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9780300056617 (pbk.) |
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