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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 September 2011
      11 September 2008
      ISBN:
      9781139001915
      9780521642996
      9780521644396
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521642996
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.92kg, 388 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.78kg, 388 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Music, Opera, Music: General Interest, Nineteenth-Century Music
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Music
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    Subjects:
    Music, Opera, Music: General Interest, Nineteenth-Century Music
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Music
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    Richard Wagner is remembered as one of the most influential figures in music and theatre, but his place in history has been marked by a considerable amount of controversy. His attitudes towards the Jews and the appropriation of his operas by the Nazis, for example, have helped to construct a historical persona that sits uncomfortably with modern sensibilities. Yet Wagner's absolutely central position in the operatic canon continues. This volume serves as a timely reminder of his ongoing musical, cultural, and political impact. Contributions by specialists from such varied fields as musical history, German literature and cultural studies, opera production, and political science consider a range of topics, from trends and problems in the history of stage production to the representations of gender and sexuality. With the inclusion of invaluable and reliably up-to-date biographical data, this collection will be of great interest to scholars, students, and enthusiasts.

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    "This volume provides a balanced introduction to the composer's life, times, works, and reception. A useful chronology … The repolitiizing of the 'Wagner question' is unquestionably one of this book's strengths and certain to make it compelling to a wide variety of readers."
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