Buch, Englisch, Band 175, 324 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 492 g
Reihe: Eastman Studies in Music
A New Translation with Critical Commentary
Buch, Englisch, Band 175, 324 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 492 g
Reihe: Eastman Studies in Music
ISBN: 978-1-64825-012-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
Richard Wagner was one of the leading conductors of his time. Through his disciples Hans von Bülow, Hans Richter, Anton Seidl, Felix Mottl, Arthur Nikisch, and their many notable protégés, a Wagnerian art of interpretation became the norm in Europe and America until well into the twentieth century. Wagner's essays on conducting had an even longer impact, and were upheld as central to their art by later generations of conductors from Mahler to Strauss, Furtwängler, Böhm, Scherchen, and beyond.
This is the first complete, modern translation of Wagner's conducting essays to appear in English, and the first-ever edition to offer extensive annotations explaining their reception and impact. The accompanying critical essay offers a detailed analysis of Wagner's conducting practices, his innovations in tempo and the art of transition, his creation of a new vocabulary to describe his art, and his success in establishing a school of conductors to promote his works and his aesthetic.
A digital edition of this book is openly available thanks to generous support from the Swiss National Science Foundation.
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Introduction
PART I: RICHARD WAGNER'S WRITINGS ON CONDUCTING
Reminiscences of Spontini
Report on the Performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Dresden in 1846
About Conducting
On Performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
PART II: CRITICAL ESSAY
Richard Wagner and the Art of Conducting