Opera and Its Symbols
Unity of Words, Music and Staging
Published on 26. December 1990
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-300-04713-4 (ISBN)
Description
The author is a noted musicologist, performer, and writer, known for his book "Wagner's Ring and Its Symbols", and for his reference work "The Interpretation of Early Music". In this book, he discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. Only in this way, claims the author, can we be faithful to the conscious or unconscious symbolism invested in the work by the composer and librettist.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
25 b&w illustrations; 86 musical examples, notes, book list, index
Dimensions
Height: 42 mm
Width: 64 mm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-04713-4 (9780300047134)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Part 1 Principles: a totality of symbols; words, music, and staging; compatability on stage. Part 2 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; the prospects for Opera.