Title: Wagner and Venice /
Authors: Barker, John W.
Publisher: University of Rochester Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Wagner, Richard, Travel Italy Venice.; Wagner, Richard, Death and burial.; Opera Italy Venice
Abstract: "In Wagner and Venice, John Barker examines the connections between the great composer and the great city. The author traces patterns of Wagner's visits to Venice during his lifetime, considers what the city came to mean to Wagner, and investigates the details surrounding his death. Barker also examines how Venice viewed Wagner, by analyzing the landmark presentation of Wagner's Ring cycle two months after the composer's death, and by considering Venice's subsequent extensive Wagner celebrations and commemorations." "Throughout the volume, biographical detail from new and previously unavailable sources provides readers with a fresh interpretation of this seminal figure."--Jacket.
Contents: Richard Wagner absorbs Venice. The first encounter ; From visit to vacation ; From residence to mortality ; Venice in Wagner's eyes -- Venice absorbs Richard Wagner. Watching ; Mourning ; Remembering : A German for the Germans ; Remembering : an Italian for the Italians -- The 'Ring' comes to Venice. Italy, Venice, and 'Wagnerism' ; The 'wandering Wagnerians' ; Today the Fenice, tomorrow all Italy ; Venetian assessments -- Wagner and Venice amalgamate. Memory and commemoration ; Surviving significance ; Epilogue : the seal of fiction -- Addenda.