The ring of truth
Subtitle: the wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung
By: Roger Scruton
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781468315493
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Philosophy and aesthetics; Opera; Analysis, appreciation; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Operas; Literary themes, motives; Music
Other titles: Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung
Description: vii, 400 pages : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-369) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction: The Work and the Man; title: History and Culture; title: The Story; title: How the Music Works; title: Understanding the Story; title: Character and Symbol; title: Love and Power; title: Siegfried and Other Problems; title: Retrospect; title: Appendix: Leitmotifs and Musical Examples; title: Notes; title: Index