Wagner and the Erotic Impulse
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674064294ISBN-10:674064291UPC:9780674064294Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:History & Criticism, Genres & Styles, Individual Composer & MusicianBook Topic:OperaSize:9.27 x 6.40 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCEPRGR33R
Wagner and the Erotic Impulse
Though his image is tarnished today by unrepentant anti-Semitism, Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was better known in the nineteenth century for his provocative musical eroticism. In this illuminating study of the composer and his works, Laurence Dreyfus shows how Wagner's obsession with sexuality prefigured the composition of operas such as Tannhäuser, Die Walküre, Tristan und Isolde, and Parsifal....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674064294ISBN-10:674064291UPC:9780674064294Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:History & Criticism, Genres & Styles, Individual Composer & MusicianBook Topic:OperaSize:9.27 x 6.40 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCEPRGR33R
Laurence Dreyfus is Professor of Music at Oxford University and a Fellow of Magdalen College.
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