A companion to Wagner's Parsifal
By: edited by William Kinderman and Katherine R. Syer
Contributors: Kinderman, William; Syer, Katherine Rae, 1967-
Series: Camden House companion volumes; Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture; Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Wagner, Richard, -- 1813-1883
Description: ix, 364 pages : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-351) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The challenge of Wagner's Parsifal / William Kinderman; title: Medievalism and metaphysics : the literary background of Parsifal / Mary A. Cicora; title: Erotic love in Chrétien's Perceval, Wolfram's Parzival, and Wagner's Parsifal / James M. McGlathery; title: Parsifal and religion : a Christian music-drama? / Ulrike Kienzle; title: The genesis of the music / William Kinderman; title: Unseen voices : Wagner's musical-dramatic shaping of the Grail scene of Act 1 / Katherine R. Syer; title: "Die Zeit ist da" : rotational form and hexatonic magic in Act 2 Scene 1 of Parsifal / Warren Darcy; title: Die Weihe des Hauses (the consecration of the house) : Houston Stewart Chamberlain and the early reception of Parsifal / Roger Allen; title: Parsifal on stage; title: Katherine R. Syer