Decoding Wagner
Subtitle: An Invitation to His World of Music Drama (includes 2 CDs)
Edition: Pap/Com edition
Series: Unlocking the Masters
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Published: December 22, 2004
Place of publication: Pompton Plains, NJ
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781574670974
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Opera; Music; Genres & Styles - Classical; Nonfiction; Wagner, Richard,; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Analysis, appreciation; Genres & Styles - Opera; Instruction & Study - Appreciation; 1813-1883; Operas
First sentence: The key to approaching Wagner is to realize that, above everything else, he is a man of the theater.
Notes: "Includes two full-length BMG Classics CDs" - cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : What's all the fuss?; title: Setting the stage : Wagner's emergence as an artist; title: Navigating a way into Wagner : Der Fliegende Holländer; title: What kind of love to sing? Tannhäuser; title: Making contact : the tragedy of Lohengrin; title: The world's breath : Tristan und Isolde; title: A touch of madness : the creative spirit and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; title: Total artistic clarity : an overview of the Ring cycle; title: Shimmering enigmas : Das Rheingold; title: The heart of the matter : Die Walküre; title: Coming of age : Siegfried; title: In the end is the beginning : Götterdämmerung; title: Made wise through compassion : Wagner's swan song Parsifal; title: Coda; title: Chronology; title: A basic glossary; title: Bibliography and suggested reading; title: CD track listing