LEADER 06453cam 2200409 i 4500001 ocm06492279 005 20141212034925.0 008 800903s1980 enkg b 001 0aeng 010 79056128 020 0521233119 035 (Sirsi) o06492279 035 (OCoLC)6492279 040 DLC |cDLC |dERE |dm.c. |dUtOrBLW 041 1 engger 049 EREM 050 00 ML410.W1 |bW13 082 0 782.1/092/4B |219 100 1 Wagner, Richard, |d1813-1883. |=^A19624 240 10 Braune Buch. |lEnglish |=^A19624 245 14 The diary of Richard Wagner 1865-1882 : |bthe brown book / |cpresented and annotated by Joachim Bergfeld ; translated by George Bird. 260 London ;New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c1980. 300 218 pages : |bmusic ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 500 Translation of Das braune Buch. 504 Includes bibliography (page 9) and index. 505 00 |tEntries addressed to Cosima, in part first publications -- |t'Above the Abyss I Stand': poem -- |tIll-feeling on account of Mathilde Maier -- |gThoughts on future life and work -- |tFor the birthday of King Ludwig II: poem -- |tParzival [Parsifal]: first prose sketch -- |tConcerning the journey to funeral of Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld -- |tIll-feeling concerning Liszt -- |tConcerning the blood-stained lance in Parzival -- |gSuffering, loving, dreaming -- |tAgainst Ludwig II's plan for a Munich Festival Theatre -- |gThoughts on German character -- |gFatalistic mood -- |tComposure following Cosima's return -- |gTwo lines of music -- |tFrom Hohenschwangau: two poems -- |tSearch for new Asyl -- |t'Roland's death': an allegory -- |gAnnals for the years 1846 to April 1864 -- |gAnnals for the years 1864 to 1867 -- |tThree sonnets to David Strauss -- |tForeword to 'German Art and German Politics' -- |tForeword to second edition of 'Opera and Drama' -- |gOrder for complete edition of my writings -- |t'Recollections of Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld' -- |t'Romeo and Juliet': musical theme -- |tThoughts on Buddhism for The Victors -- |t'Score of Mastersingers to the king': poem -- |tIdeas for a Luther drama -- |gTwo who are truly in love have only one religion -- |g'Addendum to dedication of Mastersingers': poem -- |g'Comedy in 1 Act': sketch -- |tThree sonnets to Heinrich Laube -- |gContinuation of annals for year 1868 -- |gNew Year's eve 68-69: music: 'Sleep, baby, sleep' -- |t'Siegfried Act III to the king': poem -- |t'Rhinegold', lines against Munich performance -- |g'To the king (dernier effort!)': poem -- |t'Beethoven and the German nation': notes -- |gFor the king's birthday 1870': poem -- |gJournalism: one's own writings the cause -- |t'The Capitulation': sketch for comedy -- |tPoems to and for the German army, January 1871 -- |t'Twilight of the Gods Act III to the king': poem -- |t'Epitaph for Karl Tausig': poem -- |t'To Georg Herwegh': lines -- |gFour bars of a musical motive -- |g'Collected writings, vol. 9 to the king': poem -- |gWorld history a disappointing document of human endeavour -- |gThoughts on regeneration of humanity and of culture -- |gWar as negative selection -- |gPossession is chance, intellectual and moral equality -- |gChange of property relationships -- |gLatin poetry, moral attempt at regeneration -- |gDilettantism as reaction to science, concerning prayer, God, Jesus -- |gProperty and state theories, recognition of decay -- |gDistortion of concept of property, circumvention of ten commandments points to their worldliness -- |tChrist as poetic ideal, male and female in mixing of races -- |gEnd of civilization -- |gProgress by virtue of the poet's mortality -- |g'On Male and Female in Culture and Art': essay fragment -- |gFacsimiles of original manuscript. |tRichard Wagner / |gThe Brown Book ; |gFirst entry: Hochkopf, 10 August 1865 ; |tParzival: first prose sketch of poem ; |tSpring sun / day-night ; |tThoughts on Buddhism ; |tMusic: Sleep, baby, sleep. 520 The Brown Book, so-called by Wagner for its calf binding, was a gift from Cosima, and used by him, when apart from her, to record his thoughts and feelings about her, for her later perusal. So, in the early pages, he pours out passionate declarations and reproaches. But after they had taken up residence together at Triebschen, its contents became more general--a prose sketch of Parsifal, many poems, drafts of two comedies, a moving memoir of the tenor Ludwig Schnorr, the first Tristan, whose death was a great blow to Wagner; and much else. At all times, however, his preoccupation is with his own aesthetic, and the book is often fascinatingly revelatory. This is the first complete publication of the original manuscript, and while something over half of it has been previously published, here and there and at different times, these previously published parts are now difficult of access or out of print. Furthermore, the present version contains new revelations, for Eva Wagner, to whom Cosima handed on the book, censored it by sticking together those pages of which she disapproved: revelations of Cosima's jealousy of Mathilde Maier, or Wagner's irritation over Ludwig's plan for a Munich Festival Theatre. All these pages have now been opened up. The book contains many absorbing sidelights--Wagner likening himself to "a tropical plant in a winter garden"; his description of Walchensee; and so on. And though it is largely made up of separate items, the book has its own unity in that Wagner had recourse to it when deeply moved inwardly, when affected by grief, irritation or even anger. Stewart Spencer, reviewing the German edition in the magazine of the Wagner Society, says that the book "must rank second in importance among Wagner's autobiographical writings, after Mein Leben (and for spontaneity of expression and unguarded utterance many will regard it as superior to the latter) ... We may [now] see the extent to which Wagner's life and art had become synonymous." 600 10 Wagner, Richard, |d1813-1883 |vDiaries. |=^A19624 650 0 Composers |zGermany |vDiaries. |=^A991026 700 1 Bergfeld, Joachim, |d1906-1988, |eannotator. |=^A126541 700 1 Bird, George, |etranslator. |?UNAUTHORIZED 919 BOOK 596 3 998 175454