**A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner's _Ring_ cycle** **** The scale and grandeur of Wagner's _The Ring of the Nibelung_ has no precedent and no successor. It preoccupied Wagner for much of his adult life and revolutionized the nature
The perfect Wagnerite: a commentary on the Niblung's ring
β Scribed by Shaw, George Bernard;
- Publisher
- The Floating Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 147 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1775453472
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Title; Contents; Preface to the First German Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Preliminary Encouragements; The Ring of the Niblungs; The Rhine Gold; Wagner as Revolutionist; The Valkyries; Siegfried; Siegfried as Protestant; Night Falls on the Gods; Why He Changed His Mind; Wagner's Own Explanation; The Music of the Ring; The Old and the New Music; The Nineteenth Century; The Music of the Future; Bayreuth; Endnotes.;Though remembered primarily as a playwright and novelist, Irish writer George Bernard Shaw was an insatiably curious intellect whose interests encompassed a broad array of topics. This exegesis on Wagner's Ring cycle relates the opera series to ideas like capitalism and mythological archetypes.
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