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Author: Julian Young Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739199935 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 171
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In addition to being a great composer, Richard Wagner was also an important philosopher. Julian Young begins by examining the philosophy of art and society Wagner constructs during his time as a revolutionary anarchist-communist. Modernity, Wagner argued, is to be rescued from its current anomie through the rebirth of Greek tragedy (the original Gesamtkunstwerk) in the form of the “artwork of the future," an artwork of which his own operas are the prototype. Young then examines the entirely different philosophy Wagner constructs after his 1854 conversion from Hegelian optimism to Schopenhauerian pessimism. “Redemption” now becomes, not a future utopia in this world, but rather “transfigured” existence in another world, attainable only through death. Viewing Wagner’s operas through the lens of his philosophy, the book offers often novel interpretations of Lohengrin, The Ring cycle, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger, and Parsifal. Finally, Young dresses the cause of Friedrich Nietzsche’s transformation from Wagner’s intimate friend and disciple into his most savage critic. Nietzsche’s fundamental accusation, it is argued, is one of betrayal: that Wagner betrayed his early, “life affirming” philosophy of art and life in favor of “life-denial." Nietzsche’s assertion and the final conclusion of the book is that our task, now, is to “become better Wagnerians than Wagner.”
Author: Julian Young Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739199935 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 171
Book Description
In addition to being a great composer, Richard Wagner was also an important philosopher. Julian Young begins by examining the philosophy of art and society Wagner constructs during his time as a revolutionary anarchist-communist. Modernity, Wagner argued, is to be rescued from its current anomie through the rebirth of Greek tragedy (the original Gesamtkunstwerk) in the form of the “artwork of the future," an artwork of which his own operas are the prototype. Young then examines the entirely different philosophy Wagner constructs after his 1854 conversion from Hegelian optimism to Schopenhauerian pessimism. “Redemption” now becomes, not a future utopia in this world, but rather “transfigured” existence in another world, attainable only through death. Viewing Wagner’s operas through the lens of his philosophy, the book offers often novel interpretations of Lohengrin, The Ring cycle, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger, and Parsifal. Finally, Young dresses the cause of Friedrich Nietzsche’s transformation from Wagner’s intimate friend and disciple into his most savage critic. Nietzsche’s fundamental accusation, it is argued, is one of betrayal: that Wagner betrayed his early, “life affirming” philosophy of art and life in favor of “life-denial." Nietzsche’s assertion and the final conclusion of the book is that our task, now, is to “become better Wagnerians than Wagner.”
Author: Bryan Magee Publisher: ePenguin ISBN: Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 432
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A contribution to the literature of 19th-century culture, this is a study of the close links between Wagner and the philosophy of his age. The author tries to make sense of both the man and his music by placing Wagner in the context of 19th-century thought. His sympathy for Wagner's music is tempered by an independence of mind which allows him to rethink much of the hostility towards Wagner. Revealing his anti-Semitism as virulent, but certainly not unusual, Magee argues that there is no reason to regard him as a proto-fascist and that an opinion of his politics should not cloud the judgment of his music.
Author: Zona Gale Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781020312120 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book examines the poetic and philosophical themes in the works of Richard Wagner, a German composer and philosopher. Through a close analysis of his music dramas and writings, the author reveals the complex and nuanced ideas that underpin Wagner's artistic vision, as well as the enduring influence of his ideas on Western culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Bryan Magee Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780805071894 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 424
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And he unflinchingly confronts the Wagner whose paranoia, egocentricity, and anti-Semitism are as repugnant as his achievements are glorious."--Jacket.
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781974408627 Category : Languages : en Pages : 36
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After Nietzsche had published his Birth of Tragedy, he began work on a series of long essays which came to be called Untimely Meditations (Unzeitgem�sse Betrachtungen). There are four essays in all --- dealing with David Strauss (1873), Uses and Abuses of History (1874), Schopenhauer as Educator (1874), and Wagner in Bayreuth (1876). They appeared separately over this three year period. The German title literally meant discursive perspectives out of Nietzsche's own observations, intentionally out-of-spirit with modern times. In Nietzsche's late retrospective work, Ecce Homo, he referred to these as "The Untimely Ones." About the Schopenhauer and Wagner essays he wrote, "what I was fundamentally trying to do in these essays was something altogether different from psychology: an unequaled problem of education, a new concept of self-discipline, self-defense to the point of hardness, a way to greatness and world-historical tasks was seeking its first expression. Broadly speaking, I caught hold of two famous and as yet altogether undiagnosed types, as one catches hold of an opportunity, in order to say something. . . Plato employed Socrates in this fashion." He goes on to say, "Now that I am looking back from a certain distance upon the conditions of which these essays bear witness, I do not wish to deny that at bottom they speak only of me. The essay Wagner in Bayreuth is a vision of my future."
Author: Letha O'Rourke Millsom Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 236
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Richard Wagner, supreme German artistic genius of the late nineteenth century, was greatly influenced by circumstances and people. He was a man of tremendous energy, creative as well as outward energy. In his early years he was active in the practical routine of the theatre, and in the political happenings of Germany. These activities has a strong influence on his writing, his life and his philosophies. But through it all he never doubted his own ability to solve any problem whether it be in art, science, economics, politics, or the running of a kingdom, or that he could write better music than any of his contemporaries. Always he was confronted by the perilous state of his finances. This it was that drove him to new and varied problems. In some strange way the "Hoard" in "The Ring" became symbolical of the factors in modern society to which he attributed most of his own troubles. Wagner's need of symphathy, understanding, and financial aid was fulfilled by many people, especially women. The myth of "The Ring" embodied for him his own situations as the victim of a hostile, corrupt world, betrayed by a woman, and the tragedy of the world that destroyed him. In each of the characters he sees some phase of his own life. In "Tristan", he wrote about the conflict of his life, the conflict between the compulsion of desire and that of morality. In the philosophy of Schopenhauer he found the meaning of his work and his life. It made his art not just the means of expression but a refuge from unalterable reality. In later life this did not satisfy him. So he wrote "The Mastersingers" not to express the tragic fundamentals of human nature but to celebrate art as a supreme social value and himself as its supreme exponent. In "The Rhinegold", "The Valkyrie" and the first two acts of "Siegfried", Wagner depicted the tragic workings of the curse of desire and a vision of the liberating, splendid innocence of nature, for which mankind, represented by Wotan, yearned. Siegfried was the child of that yearning. But Siegfried became Tristan. The child of nature became tainted with a passion so fierce that he craved his doom, craved the release of death. The Siegfried of the third act was eleven years older than that child of nature. Wagner made him into the hero of a culminating tragedy: Siegfried, the guileless, radiant liberator. In his old age, Wagner turned from tragedy to religion. In "The Dusk of the Gods", he had expressed the tragedy of a humanity for which there was not salvation. Now to reveal man's tragic knowledge of his downfall, the sublimation of his sinful lusts into selfless pity for his fellows, his yearning for redemption and profound truth, he created "Parsifal". In his old age, Wagner could not endure Siegfried's tragedy. Painfully he renounced the joys of earthly fulfilment and longed for redemption in another world.
Author: Roger Hollinrake Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1135175233 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 260
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Nietzsche’s relationship with Wagner has long been a source of controversy and has given rise to a number of important studies, including this major breakthrough in Nietzsche scholarship, first published in 1982. In this work Hollinrake contends that the nature and extent of the anti-Wagnerian pastiche and polemic in Thus Spake Zarathustra is arguably the most important factor in the association between the two. Thus Wagner, as the purveyor of a particular brand of Schopenhauerian pessimism, is here revealed as one of the principle sources – and targets – of Zarathustra. Whilst addressed primarily to students of German Literature, this book will also be of interest to musicians, philosophers and students of the history of culture and ideas.
Author: Joachim Köhler Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300104226 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 726
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This major new biography of Richard Wagner is iconoclastic, astringent and bold. It explores the philosophical roots of Wagner's work, which the composer himself deliberately obfuscated. It re-evaluates Wagner's relationships with his mother, step-father and - most revealingly - his wife, Cosima, standing received opinion on its head. And he meets head on, and confirms, the controversy over Wagner's anti-semitism. At the same time, and notwithstanding, Kohler profoundly acknowledges Wagner's genius.
Author: Julian Young
Author: Julian Young
Author: Bryan Magee
Author: Zona Gale
Author: Zona Gale
Author: Bryan Magee
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Author: Letha O'Rourke Millsom
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Author: Roger Hollinrake
Author: Joachim Köhler