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100 1 a| Rieger, Eva.=| ^A256486;

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245 10 a| Richard Wagner's women /c| Eva Rieger ; translated by Chris Walton.;

264 1 a| Woodbridge, Suffolk :b| Boydell Press,c| 2011.;

300 a| 239 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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500 a| Translation of Leuchtende Liebe, lachender Tod, first published in 2009 by Artemis Verlag.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index.;

520 a| Richard Wagner's music contains some of the most powerful portrayals of emotions in all opera, particularly love. The author presents a new picture of the composer, showing how the women at his side inspired him and how closely his life and art intertwined. We follow Wagner's restless hunt for the 'ideal woman', her appointed task being to give him shelter, warmth, inspiration, adventure and redemption, all in one. He could hardly have desired anything more contradictory, and this is reflected in the female characters of his operas. They are all in some way torn, faltering between their own desire for self-realization and the societal constraints that impel them to sacrifice themselves for their men. The author bids farewell to essentialist, naturalized notions of femininity and masculinity. Her investigations are both comprehensive and convincing, for she avoids the pitfalls of imposing extraneous interpretation, instead focussing keenly on the music itself.;

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Richard Wagner's women / Eva Rieger ; translated by Chris Walton.

Author/creator	Rieger, Eva
Other author	Walton, Chris, 1963- translator.
Format	Book
Publication	Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press, 2011.
Description	239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883--Criticism and interpretation. Women in opera. Women in music.

Uniform title	Leuchtende Liebe, lachender Tod. English
Contents	Prelude 1 -- '... the world as yet has no notion of it': Wagner's musical language -- From Rienzi to Der Fliegende Hollander -- 'The glitter of a high-class brothel': Tannhauser -- 'Take all that I am!': Lohengrin -- Sexual promise and the womanly redeemer: Tristan und Isolde -- Mathilde, the 'dear muse': Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg -- Der Ring des Nibelungen: genesis and prelude -- Der Ring I -- Wotan and the Valkyrie -- Der Ring II -- Siegfried and women -- Der Ring III -- Gotterdammerung -- Der Ring IV -- Between Eva and Kundry: '... no woman at my side!' -- '... the sufferings of love's seduction': Kundry and Parsifal.
Abstract	Richard Wagner's music contains some of the most powerful portrayals of emotions in all opera, particularly love. The author presents a new picture of the composer, showing how the women at his side inspired him and how closely his life and art intertwined. We follow Wagner's restless hunt for the 'ideal woman', her appointed task being to give him shelter, warmth, inspiration, adventure and redemption, all in one. He could hardly have desired anything more contradictory, and this is reflected in the female characters of his operas. They are all in some way torn, faltering between their own desire for self-realization and the societal constraints that impel them to sacrifice themselves for their men. The author bids farewell to essentialist, naturalized notions of femininity and masculinity. Her investigations are both comprehensive and convincing, for she avoids the pitfalls of imposing extraneous interpretation, instead focussing keenly on the music itself.
General note	Translation of Leuchtende Liebe, lachender Tod, first published in 2009 by Artemis Verlag.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index.
LCCN	2012560055
ISBN	9781843836858
ISBN	1843836858

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