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100 1 a| Shaw, Bernard,d| 1856-1950.=| ^A27751;

245 14 a| The perfect Wagnerite :b| a commentary on the Niblung's ring /c| George Bernard Shaw.;

260 a| New York :b| Dover Publications,c| [1967];

300 a| xx, 136 pages ;c| 22 cm.;

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490 1 a| Dover books on music, music history;

500 a| "This Dover edition is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the fourth edition (1923)";

505 0 a| Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Preliminary encouragements -- THE NIBLUNG'S RING -- The Rhine gold -- Wagner as revolutionist -- The Valkyrie -- Siegfried [Back to opera again] -- Siegfried as Protestant [Panacea quackery, otherwise idealism -- Dramatic origin of Wotan -- The love Panacea -- Not love, but life -- Anarchism no Panacea -- Siegfried concluded] -- Night falls on the gods [A Wagnerian newspaper controversy -- Collapse of the allegory] -- Why he changed his mind -- Wagner's own explanation [The pessimist as amorist] -- The music of the ring [The representative themes -- The characterization] -- The old and the new music -- The nineteenth century -- The music of the future -- Bayreuth [Bayreuth in England -- Wagnerian singers -- Wagnerism with Wagner left out].;

520 a| As a commentator on music and music critics, Bernard Shaw was experienced and knowledgeable, strongly opinionated, and, as in all his writing, unsurpassed for brilliance and wit. The reader will find that this commentary on the cycle of four Wagner operas known as "The Ring" contains all these characteristics: it is enlightening and provocative, and it makes very entertaining reading. Shaw was a firm Wagner partisan, and in the book he enthusiastically endorses the operas and Wagner's music in general. Particularly interested in the philosophic and social ideology behind the Ring operas, he also discusses Wagner's life, the character of music drama as opposed to grand opera, the role of the Leitmotif in unifying the cycle and delineating character, the character of Siegfried, and many other related questions. As with all of Shaw's work, even if the reader disagrees with much of it, he will still find the analysis full of stimulating ideas and valuable insights, and written throughout with rare liveliness and wit.;

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The perfect Wagnerite : a commentary on the Niblung's ring / George Bernard Shaw.

Author/creator	Shaw, Bernard
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Dover Publications, [1967]
Description	xx, 136 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen.

Series	Dover books on music, music history Dover books on music, music history. ^A291064
Contents	Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Preliminary encouragements -- THE NIBLUNG'S RING -- The Rhine gold -- Wagner as revolutionist -- The Valkyrie -- Siegfried [Back to opera again] -- Siegfried as Protestant [Panacea quackery, otherwise idealism -- Dramatic origin of Wotan -- The love Panacea -- Not love, but life -- Anarchism no Panacea -- Siegfried concluded] -- Night falls on the gods [A Wagnerian newspaper controversy -- Collapse of the allegory] -- Why he changed his mind -- Wagner's own explanation [The pessimist as amorist] -- The music of the ring [The representative themes -- The characterization] -- The old and the new music -- The nineteenth century -- The music of the future -- Bayreuth [Bayreuth in England -- Wagnerian singers -- Wagnerism with Wagner left out].
Abstract	As a commentator on music and music critics, Bernard Shaw was experienced and knowledgeable, strongly opinionated, and, as in all his writing, unsurpassed for brilliance and wit. The reader will find that this commentary on the cycle of four Wagner operas known as "The Ring" contains all these characteristics: it is enlightening and provocative, and it makes very entertaining reading. Shaw was a firm Wagner partisan, and in the book he enthusiastically endorses the operas and Wagner's music in general. Particularly interested in the philosophic and social ideology behind the Ring operas, he also discusses Wagner's life, the character of music drama as opposed to grand opera, the role of the Leitmotif in unifying the cycle and delineating character, the character of Siegfried, and many other related questions. As with all of Shaw's work, even if the reader disagrees with much of it, he will still find the analysis full of stimulating ideas and valuable insights, and written throughout with rare liveliness and wit.
General note	"This Dover edition is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the fourth edition (1923)"
LCCN	66029055

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