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The Wagner compendium : a guide to Wagner's life and music edited by Barry Millington

Contributor(s): Millington, Barry, edMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Thames T Hudson Ltd., 1992Description: 431pISBN: 0500282749Subject(s): Wagner, Richard, -- 1813-1883DDC classification: 920

Contents:

CALENDAR OF WAGNEWS LIFE, WORKS AND RELATED EVENTS BARRY MILLINGTON WHO’S WHO OF WAGNER’S CONTEMPORARIES BARRY MILLINGTON HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Holy Roman Empire from 1618 to 1789 The French Revolution and the Wars of Liberation: 1789-1815 Reaction and revolution: 1815-1849 German unification from above’: 1850-1871 The Reich in Europe: 1871-1885 KONRAD BUND INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUND Philosophy ROGER HOLLINRAKE Literature RAYMOND FURNESS Religion ROGER HOLLINRAKE MUSICAL BACKGROUND AND INFLUENCES Formation of the earlier style The music drama and its antecedents Patronage, commissions and royalties in Wagner’s day THOMAS S. GREY WAGNER AS AN INDIVIDUAL Paternity BARRY MILLINGTON Family BARRY MILLINGTON Appearance and character BARRY MILLINGTON Wagner as a conductor DAVID BRECKBILL Wagner’s working routine THOMAS S. GREY THE PORTRAITS (plates 1-20) Wagner as polemicist WILLIAM WEBER Finances and attitude to money BARRY MILLINGTON Wagner and women BARRY MILLINGTON Relationship with King Ludwig II BARRY MILLINGTON Dealings with publishers RONALD TAYLOR Dealings with critics RONALD TAYLOR Wagner as scapegoat BARRY MILLINGTON MYTHS AND LEGENDS BARRY MILLINGTON OPINIONS AND OUTLOOK Social and political attitudes ROGER HOLLINRAKE Philosophical outlook roger hollinrake Religious beliefs roger hollinrake Literary tastes stewart spencer The Beethoven legacy thomas s. grey Opera and social reform william weber Wagner and the Greeks hugh lloyd-jones Wagner and the Jews barry millington Wagner’s Middle Ages stewart spencer Bayreuth and the idea of a festival theatre stewart spencer Contemporary composers thomas s. grey Wagner, animals and modern scientific medicine joachim thiery and ulrich trohler Wagner’s critique of science and technology JOACHIM THIERY and ULRICH TROHLER SOURCES Autobiographical writings stewart spencer Diaries stewart spencer Letters stewart spencer Collected writings stewart spencer Autograph manuscripts: Sketches/drafts (text) Skctclies/drafls (music) Scores WARREN DARCY WAGNER’S HAND (places 21-30) Printed editions: Breitkopf edilion Samltiche Werke (Schott) Miscellaneous WARREN DARCY A WAGNERIAN GLOSSARY THOMAS S. GREY MUSICAL STYLE Compositional process warren darcy Musical language Arnold whittall WAGNER AS LIBRETTIST stewart spencer THE MUSIC Operas Orchestral music Choral music Chamber music Works for solo voice and orchestra Works for solo voice and piano Piano music Projected or unfinished dramatic works Editions and arrangements BARRY MILLINGTON THE PROSE WORKS A list of Wagnefs writings, speeches, open letters and reviews BARRY MILLINGTON ORCHESTRA TION JONATHAN BURTON PERFORMANCE PRACTICE The orchestra Conducting Singing Wagner and the early music movement DAVID BRECKBILL WAGNER IN PEREORMANCE Singing david breckbill Conducting david breckbill Staging BARRY MILLINGTON RECEPTION Contemporary assessments david c. large Posthumous reputation and influence david c. large The Bayreuth legacy david c. large The birth of modernism: Wagner’s impact on the history of music ARNOLD WHITTALL Wagner s impact on literature Raymond furness Wagner’s impact on the visual arts MICHAEL HALL Wagner literature: Biographies Stewart spencer Analysis and criticism Christopher wintle Miscellaneous stewart spencer

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Includes bibliography and index.

CALENDAR OF WAGNEWS LIFE, WORKS
AND RELATED EVENTS BARRY MILLINGTON
WHO’S WHO OF WAGNER’S
CONTEMPORARIES BARRY MILLINGTON
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Holy Roman Empire from 1618 to 1789
The French Revolution and the Wars of Liberation:
1789-1815
Reaction and revolution: 1815-1849
German unification from above’: 1850-1871
The Reich in Europe: 1871-1885
KONRAD BUND
INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUND
Philosophy ROGER HOLLINRAKE
Literature RAYMOND FURNESS
Religion ROGER HOLLINRAKE
MUSICAL BACKGROUND AND INFLUENCES
Formation of the earlier style
The music drama and its antecedents
Patronage, commissions and royalties in Wagner’s day
THOMAS S. GREY
WAGNER AS AN INDIVIDUAL
Paternity BARRY MILLINGTON
Family BARRY MILLINGTON
Appearance and character BARRY MILLINGTON
Wagner as a conductor DAVID BRECKBILL
Wagner’s working routine THOMAS S. GREY
THE PORTRAITS (plates 1-20)
Wagner as polemicist WILLIAM WEBER
Finances and attitude to money BARRY MILLINGTON
Wagner and women BARRY MILLINGTON
Relationship with King
Ludwig II BARRY MILLINGTON
Dealings with publishers RONALD TAYLOR
Dealings with critics RONALD TAYLOR
Wagner as scapegoat BARRY MILLINGTON
MYTHS AND LEGENDS BARRY MILLINGTON
OPINIONS AND OUTLOOK
Social and political attitudes ROGER HOLLINRAKE
Philosophical outlook roger hollinrake
Religious beliefs roger hollinrake
Literary tastes stewart spencer
The Beethoven legacy thomas s. grey Opera and social reform william weber
Wagner and the Greeks hugh lloyd-jones
Wagner and the Jews barry millington Wagner’s Middle Ages stewart spencer
Bayreuth and the idea of a festival
theatre stewart spencer
Contemporary composers thomas s. grey Wagner, animals and modern scientific
medicine joachim thiery and ulrich trohler
Wagner’s critique of science and technology
JOACHIM THIERY and ULRICH TROHLER
SOURCES
Autobiographical writings stewart spencer
Diaries stewart spencer
Letters stewart spencer
Collected writings stewart spencer
Autograph manuscripts:
Sketches/drafts (text)
Skctclies/drafls (music)
Scores
WARREN DARCY
WAGNER’S HAND (places 21-30)
Printed editions:
Breitkopf edilion
Samltiche Werke (Schott)
Miscellaneous
WARREN DARCY
A WAGNERIAN GLOSSARY THOMAS S. GREY
MUSICAL STYLE
Compositional process warren darcy Musical language Arnold whittall
WAGNER AS LIBRETTIST stewart spencer
THE MUSIC
Operas
Orchestral music Choral music Chamber music
Works for solo voice and orchestra
Works for solo voice and piano
Piano music
Projected or unfinished dramatic works
Editions and arrangements
BARRY MILLINGTON
THE PROSE WORKS
A list of Wagnefs writings, speeches, open letters and
reviews
BARRY MILLINGTON
ORCHESTRA TION JONATHAN BURTON
PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
The orchestra
Conducting
Singing
Wagner and the early music movement
DAVID BRECKBILL
WAGNER IN PEREORMANCE
Singing david breckbill Conducting david breckbill Staging BARRY MILLINGTON
RECEPTION
Contemporary assessments david c. large Posthumous reputation and
influence david c. large
The Bayreuth legacy david c. large
The birth of modernism:
Wagner’s impact on the history of
music ARNOLD WHITTALL
Wagner s impact on literature Raymond furness
Wagner’s impact on the visual
arts MICHAEL HALL
Wagner literature: Biographies Stewart spencer
Analysis and criticism Christopher wintle
Miscellaneous stewart spencer

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