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Actors and Singers

By: Richard Wagner,William Ashton Ellis

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In the same period Wagner was deeply inspired by the works of Shakespeare, an influence that runs throughout this volume. The title essay, "Actors and Singers," is one of Wagner's most deliberate and philosophical writings. He wrote, "Art ceases, strictly speaking, to be Art from the moment it presents itself as Art to our reflecting consciousness. " He described how the unconsciousness of art, and thus art's power, connected natural genius to cultivate traditions.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803297734

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9780803297739

A History of the Sonata Idea

Volume 3: The Sonata Since Beethoven

By: William S. Newman

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A History of the Sonata Idea

Volume 3: The Sonata Since Beethoven

By: William S. Newman

This volume completes Newman's monumental study of the sonata. It examines the evolution of the sonata idea from the prexcocious Romanticisms of Dussek before 1880 to the near exhaustion of Romantic music by the time of World War I. Thoroughly documented, illustrated by new extended lists of sonatas as well as the fullest bibliography of Romantic music literature yet published, the book is invaluable to musicians. Originally published in 1969. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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881

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UNC Press Books

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146964374X

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9781469643748

Building the Operatic Museum

Eighteenth-century Opera in Fin-de-siècle Paris

By: William James Gibbons

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Building the Operatic Museum

Eighteenth-century Opera in Fin-de-siècle Paris

By: William James Gibbons

Focusing on the operas of Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau, Building the Operatic Museum examines the role that eighteenth-century works played in the opera houses of Paris around the turn of the twentieth century. These works, mostly neglected during the nineteenth century, became the main exhibits in what William Gibbons calls the Operatic Museum -- a physical and conceptual space in which great masterworks from the past and present could, like works of visual art in the Louvre, entertain audiences while educating them in their own history and national identity. Drawing on the fields of musicology, museum studies, art history, and literature, Gibbons explores how this "museum" transformed Parisian musical theater into a place of cultural memory, dedicated to the display of French musical greatness. William Gibbons is Associate Professor of Musicology at Texas Christian University.

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282

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University Rochester Press

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1580464009

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9781580464000

Architectural Principles in the Age of Historicism

By: Robert Jan van Pelt,Robert Jan Pelt,Carroll William Westfall

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Architectural Principles in the Age of Historicism

By: Robert Jan van Pelt,Robert Jan Pelt,Carroll William Westfall

Explores the relationship between architectural history and the current practice of architecture. The authors draw on insights from anthropology, ancient history, theology, philosophy and the Holocaust. They also provide practical ideas which should help students build a more human world.

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438

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Yale University Press

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0300057881

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9780300057881

EGods

Faith Versus Fantasy in Computer Gaming

By: William Sims Bainbridge

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EGods

Faith Versus Fantasy in Computer Gaming

By: William Sims Bainbridge

William Bainbridge contends that the worlds of massively multiplayer online roleplaying games provide a new perspective on the human quest, one that combines the arts and simulates most aspects of real life. The quests in gameworlds also provide meaning for human action, in terms of narratives about achieving goals by overcoming obstacles.

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337

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Oxford University Press

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0199935815

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9780199935819

The Music Forum

Volume 4

By: William Mitchell,Felix Salzer

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The Music Forum

Volume 4

By: William Mitchell,Felix Salzer

The Music Forum

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424

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Columbia University Press

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0231513690

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9780231513692

Wagner's Parsifal

By: William Kinderman

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Wagner's Parsifal

By: William Kinderman

William Kinderman's detailed study of Parsifal, described by the composer as his "last card," explores the evolution of the text and music of this inexhaustible yet highly controversial music drama across Wagner's entire career. This book offers a reassessment of the ideological and political history of Parsifal, shedding new light on the connection of Wagner's legacy to the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The compositional genesis is traced through many unfamiliar manuscript sources, revealing unsuspected models and veiled connections to Wagner's earlier works. Fresh analytic perspectives are revealed, casting the dramatic meaning of Parsifal in a new light. Much debated aspects of the work, such as Kundry's death at the conclusion, are discussed in the context of its stage history. Path-breaking as well is Kinderman's analysis of the religious and ideological context of Parsifal. During the half-century after the composer's death, the Wagner family and the so-called Bayreuth circle sought to exploit Wagner's work for political purposes, thereby promoting racial nationalism and anti-Semitism. Hitherto unnoticed connections between Hitler and Wagner's legacy at Bayreuth are explored here, while differences between the composer's politics as an 1849 revolutionary and the later response of his family to National Socialism are weighed in a nuanced account. Kinderman combines new historical research, sensitive aesthetic criticism, and probing philosophical reflection in this most intensive examination of Wagner's culminating music drama.

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Oxford University Press

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0190623543

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9780190623548

The First Moderns

Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth-Century Thought

By: William R. Everdell

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The First Moderns

Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth-Century Thought

By: William R. Everdell

Throughout the worlds of art and ideas, of science and philosophy, Modernism was dawning, and with it a new mode of conceptualization.

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532

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University of Chicago Press

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0226224805

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9780226224800

The Stanleys of Knowsley

By: William Pollard

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The Stanleys of Knowsley

By: William Pollard

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382123665

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Book's by William Ashton Ellis

Actors and Singers

Actors and Singers

A History of the Sonata Idea

A History of the Sonata Idea

Building the Operatic Museum

Building the Operatic Museum

Architectural Principles in the Age of Historicism

Architectural Principles in the Age of Historicism

EGods

EGods

The Music Forum

The Music Forum

Wagner's Parsifal

Wagner's Parsifal

The First Moderns

The First Moderns

The Stanleys of Knowsley

The Stanleys of Knowsley

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