The Tristan chord : Wagner and philosophy / Bryan Magee

Publication | Library Call Number: ML410.W19 M14 2002

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.
Subjects: Operas--19th century.
Antisemitism--Germany.
Composers--Germany.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
Wagner, Richard,--1813-1883--Criticism and interpretation.
Wagner, Richard,--1813-1883--Philosophy.
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