Richard Wagner's Music Dramas

by Carl Dahlhaus

Book Overview

Previous studies of Wagner's operas have tended to approach the works as chunks of autobiography, philosophical speculations or historical-political comments on the age in which they were written. Professor Dahlhaus dissociated himself from all such ventures. His aim is to reveal, by careful analysis of the works from Der fliegende Hollander to Parsifal, the dominant features of 'music drama' and how Wagner achieves such profound, unified effects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521223970
• ISBN13: 9780521223973
• Release Date: October 1979
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"