Richard Wagner, Parsifal

(Part of the Cambridge Opera Handbooks Series)

by Lucy Beckett

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In this book Lucy Beckett gives a comprehensive account of Wagner's last and strangest opera. The literary sources of this work, its many links with Wagner's life and thought, its libretto, music and stage history, are all thoroughly examined. There is a full commentary, with extensive quotation, on the work's critical history, and finally, a fresh assessment of its place in the Wagner canon and of its unique quality as a music drama that is both...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521296625

ISBN13:9780521296625

Release Date:August 1981

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Arts & Literature Arts, Music & Photography Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Composers & Musicians Composition Education & Reference Music Musical Genres Opera Reference Theory, Composition & Performance

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