ISBN: 9780691027166 - The Wagner Operas (45 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work.

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Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Trade Paperback Edition. CLASSIC: ILLUMINATING: COMPLETE: ASTUTE: INTELLECTUALLY SATISFYING: LUCID: AS-NEW virtually NEW First Princeton Trade Paperback Edition (1991) Third Printing (c. 2000): NEW handsomely-designed cover w/. sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW uncreased binding, EXCELLENT text-block exterior showing only minor traces of shelf-dust soiling, PRISTINE interior printed w/ elegant clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished acid-free archival paper * 6.0" x 9.18" x 1.68", 1.04 kg, xiv+730 (744) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: In this classic guide, the foremost Wagner expert of our century discusses 10 of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes & the myths & literary sources behind the librettos, & demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work. Acclaimed as the most complete & intellectually satisfying analysis of the Wagner operas, the book has met with unreserved enthusiasm from specialist & casual music lover alike. Here, available for the first time in a single paperback volume, is the perfect companion for listening to, or attending, "The Flying Dutchman", "Tannhäuser", "Lohengrin", "Tristan and Isolde", "Die Meistersinger", the four operas of the "Ring Cycle" (The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried, The Twilight of the Gods) & "Parsifal". Newman enriches his treatment of the stories, texts, & music of the operas w/ biographical & historical materials from the store of knowledge that he acquired while completing his numerous books on Wagner, including the magisterial "Life of Richard Wagner". The text of The Wagner Operas is filled with 100s of musical examples from the scores & all the important leitmotifs & their interrelationships are made clear in Newman's lucid prose. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This is as fine an introduction as any ever written about a major composer's masterpieces. Newman outlines w/ unfailing clarity & astuteness ea. opera's dramatic sources, & he takes the student through the completed opera, step by step, w/ all manner of incidental insight along the way." -Robert Bailey, NYU * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates. …

Paperback, 729 pp. In this classic guide, the foremost Wagner expert of our century discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work. Acclaimed as the most complete and intellectually satisfying analysis of the Wagner operas, the book has met with unreserved enthusiasm from specialist and casual music lover alike. Here, available for the first time in a single paperback volume, is the perfect companion for listening to, or attending, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, Die Meistersinger, the four operas of the Ring Cycle, and Parsifal. Newman enriches his treatment of the stories, texts, and music of the operas with biographical and historical materials from the store of knowledge that he acquired while completing his numerous books on Wagner, including the magisterial Life of Richard Wagner. The text of The Wagner Operas is filled with hundreds of musical examples from the scores, and all the important leitmotifs and their interrelationships are made clear in Newman's lucid prose. "This is as fine an introduction as any ever written about a major composer's masterpieces. Newman outlines with unfailing clarity and astuteness each opera's dramatic sources, and he takes the student through the completed opera, step by step, with all manner of incidental insight along the way."--Robert Bailey, New York University.…

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Condition: New. 1991. Paperback. Discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work. Num Pages: 744 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1130. . . . . .…

Paperback. Condition: New. In this classic guide, the foremost Wagner expert of our century discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work. Acclaimed as the most complete and intellectually satisfying analysis of the Wagner operas, the book has met with unreserved enthusiasm from specialist and casual music lover alike. Here, available for the first time in a single paperback volume, is the perfect companion for listening to, or attending, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, Die Meistersinger, the four operas of the Ring Cycle, and Parsifal. Newman enriches his treatment of the stories, texts, and music of the operas with biographical and historical materials from the store of knowledge that he acquired while completing his numerous books on Wagner, including the magisterial Life of Richard Wagner. The text of The Wagner Operas is filled with hundreds of musical examples from the scores, and all the important leitmotifs and their interrelationships are made clear in Newman's lucid prose."This is as fine an introduction as any ever written about a major composer's masterpieces. Newman outlines with unfailing clarity and astuteness each opera's dramatic sources, and he takes the student through the completed opera, step by step, with all manner of incidental insight along the way."--Robert Bailey, New York University. …

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Paperback. Condition: New. In this classic guide, the foremost Wagner expert of our century discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work. Acclaimed as the most complete and intellectually satisfying analysis of the Wagner operas, the book has met with unreserved enthusiasm from specialist and casual music lover alike. Here, available for the first time in a single paperback volume, is the perfect companion for listening to, or attending, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, Die Meistersinger, the four operas of the Ring Cycle, and Parsifal. Newman enriches his treatment of the stories, texts, and music of the operas with biographical and historical materials from the store of knowledge that he acquired while completing his numerous books on Wagner, including the magisterial Life of Richard Wagner. The text of The Wagner Operas is filled with hundreds of musical examples from the scores, and all the important leitmotifs and their interrelationships are made clear in Newman's lucid prose."This is as fine an introduction as any ever written about a major composer's masterpieces. Newman outlines with unfailing clarity and astuteness each opera's dramatic sources, and he takes the student through the completed opera, step by step, with all manner of incidental insight along the way."--Robert Bailey, New York University. …

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