Richard Wagner's Essays on Conducting
University of Rochester Press (Verlag)
978-1-64825-012-5 (ISBN)
Richard Wagner was one of the leading conductors of his time. Through his disciples Hans von Bülow, Hans Richter, Anton Seidl, Felix Mottl, Arthur Nikisch, and their many notable protégés, a Wagnerian art of interpretation became the norm in Europe and America until well into the twentieth century. Wagner's essays on conducting had an even longer impact, and were upheld as central to their art by later generations of conductors from Mahler to Strauss, Furtwängler, Böhm, Scherchen, and beyond.
This is the first complete, modern translation of Wagner's conducting essays to appear in English, and the first-ever edition to offer extensive annotations explaining their reception and impact. The accompanying critical essay offers a detailed analysis of Wagner's conducting practices, his innovations in tempo and the art of transition, his creation of a new vocabulary to describe his art, and his success in establishing a school of conductors to promote his works and his aesthetic.
A digital edition of this book is openly available thanks to generous support from the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Chris Walton studied at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Zurich and Munich. He was head of the Music Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich for ten years before being appointed chair of music at the University of Pretoria. He moved back to Switzerland in 2008 and lives today in Solothurn. He is an Honorary Professor at Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University) and runs two research projects at the Bern University of the Arts for the Swiss National Science Foundation. He has published widely on Austro-German and Swiss music.
Introduction
PART I: RICHARD WAGNER'S WRITINGS ON CONDUCTING
Reminiscences of Spontini
Report on the Performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Dresden in 1846
About Conducting
On Performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
PART II: CRITICAL ESSAY
Richard Wagner and the Art of Conducting
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.02.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Eastman Studies in Music |
| Zusatzinfo | 17 b/w and 102 line illus. |
| Verlagsort | Rochester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64825-012-2 / 1648250122 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64825-012-5 / 9781648250125 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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