2nd Edition

Richard Wagner A Research and Information Guide

By Michael Saffle Copyright 2010
    480 Pages
    by Routledge

    478 Pages
    by Routledge

    Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer and performer.

    Using This Research Guide

    Acknowledgments

    I. Introducing Wagner
    II. Surveying Wagner: Compendia and Other Survey Studies
    III. Researching Wagner: Reference Works of Various Kinds
    IV. The Documentary Legacy
    V. Wagner’s Life and Character
    VI. Wagner as Composer: Studies in Techniques, Styles, and Influences
    VII. Wagner as Music Dramatist 1: Surveys Studies
    VIII. Wagner as Music Dramatist 2: The Earlier and Unfinished Operas and Music dramas
    IX. Wagner as Music Dramatist 3: Holländer, Lohengrin, and Tannhäuser
    X. Wagner as Music Dramatist 4: Meistersinger, Parsifal, Tristan, and the Ring
    XI. Wagner as Instrumental and Vocal Composer and Arranger
    XII. Performing Wagner: Studies of Performance Practices, Productions, and Media Issues
    XIII. Wagner as Poet, Prose Writer, Philosopher, and Revolutionary
    XIV. Criticizing Wagner: Wagner’s Critics and the Wagner Reception
    XV. Wagner and Culture, Past and Present: Literature, Psychology, and the Visual Arts
    XVI. Wagner and Anti-Semitism
    XVII. After Wagner: Bayreuth, the Festivals, and Wagner’s Descendents
    Index

    Biography

    Michael Saffle is Professor of Music and Humanities in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Tech.