Physical Description
xi, 397 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Contents
First the music
Wagner as a young German
Wagner the Left-wing revolutionary
Wagner, Feuerbach and the future
Wagner's misleading reputation
Opera as Greek drama
Some of The Ring's leading ideas
Wagner's discovery of Schopenhauer
The philosophy of Schopenhauer
Wagner re-evaluates his values
The turn
Metaphysics as music
Philosophy as opera
Music as drama
First the orchestra
The crowning achievement
Wagner and Nietzsche
Appendix: Wagner's anti-semitism.
ISBN
080507189X
Notes
Originally published under the title Wagner and philosophy: London : Penguin, 2000.
Includes index.
First the music -- Wagner as a young German -- Wagner the Left-wing revolutionary -- Wagner, Feuerbach and the future -- Wagner's misleading reputation -- Opera as Greek drama -- Some of The Ring's leading ideas -- Wagner's discovery of Schopenhauer -- The philosophy of Schopenhauer -- Wagner re-evaluates his values -- The turn -- Metaphysics as music -- Philosophy as opera -- Music as drama -- First the orchestra -- The crowning achievement -- Wagner and Nietzsche -- Appendix: Wagner's anti-semitism.
