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Wagner Rehearsing the 'Ring': An Eye-Witness Account of the Stage Rehearsals of the First Bayreuth Festival - Hardcover
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This book presents Wagner's view of how the Ring should be performed. He requested Heinrich Porges, a member of his circle, to 'follow all my rehearsals very closely and note down everything I say, even the smallest details, about the interpretation and performance, so that a tradition goes down in writing'. In the opinion of the eminent Wagner scholar, Curt von Westernhagen, Porges conscientious record shows 'amazing insight and perception' since what distinguishes it is his 'ability to always locate the endless detail of Wagner's instructions in an overall intellectual context'. The book is therefore required reading not only for conductors, producers, instrumentalists and singers but also for musicologists and critics. In addition it is a fascinating read for anyone who knows and loves the Ring since it takes the form of a blow-by-blow commentary on the stage action as it unfolds. The writing has vitality and flow and one is caught up in the spirit of the thing as Wagner felt it. It provides a re-experience of the Ring through his eyes.
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Porges conscientious record shows 'amazing insight and perception' since what distinguishes it is his 'ability to always locate the endless detail of Wagner's instructions in an overall intellectual context'. The book is therefore required reading not only for conductors, producers, instrumentalists and singers but also for musicologists and critics.
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Text: English, German (translation)
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 052123722X
- ISBN 13 9780521237222
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages158
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hardbound. Condition: Very Good. b&w illustrations (illustrator). A presentation of how Wagner intended the Ring to be performed, as recorded by Heinrich Porges, a member of Wagner's circle who was instructed by Wagner to follow all the rehearsals and produce a faithful record of his interpretation and performance; translated by Robert L. Jacobs; b&w illustrations, musical examples; endpapers, prelims, and text block foxed, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed and foxed, lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good. Dustwrapper. 145pp. 8vo. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 24253
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Hardcover. Black boards, Yellow illustrated dj. xiii, 145 pages : illustrations. Translation of: Die Bühnenproben zu den Bayreuther Festspielen des Jahres 1876./ Originally published in the Bayreuther Blätter between 1881 and 1896. Very Good. Cover has general wear, Previous owners signature on front end page. Seller Inventory # 193209
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Wagner Rehearsing the Ring. An Eye-Witness Account of the Stage Rehearsals of the First Bayreuth Festival. Translated by Robert L. Jacobs.
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