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dc.contributor.authorWalton, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-06T18:03:34Z
dc.date.available2023-12-06T18:03:34Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifierONIX_20231206_9781800101890_15
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/85991
dc.description.abstractThe first modern English edition of Richard Wagner's essays on conducting, extensively annotated, with a critical essay on Wagner as conductor: his aesthetic, practices, vocabulary, and impact. Richard Wagner was one of the leading conductors of his time. Through his disciples Hans von Bülow, Hans Richter, Anton Seidl, Felix Mottl, Arthur Nikisch, and their many notable protégés, a Wagnerian art of interpretation became the norm in Europe and America until well into the twentieth century. Wagner's essays on conducting had an even longer impact, and were upheld as central to their art by later generations of conductors from Mahler to Strauss, Furtwängler, Böhm, Scherchen, and beyond. This is the first complete, modern translation of Wagner's conducting essays to appear in English, and the first-ever edition to offer extensive annotations explaining their reception and impact. The accompanying critical essay offers a detailed analysis of Wagner's conducting practices, his innovations in tempo and the art of transition, his creation of a new vocabulary to describe his art, and his success in establishing a school of conductors to promote his works and his aesthetic. A digital edition of this book is openly available thanks to generous support from the Swiss National Science Foundation.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEastman Studies in Music
dc.subject.otherRichard Wagner
dc.subject.otherConducting essays
dc.subject.otherMusical interpretation
dc.subject.otherWagnerian art
dc.subject.otherTempo
dc.subject.otherTransition
dc.subject.otherConductors
dc.subject.otherMusical practices
dc.subject.otherCritical analysis
dc.subject.otherMusic history
dc.titleRichard Wagner's Essays on Conducting
dc.title.alternativeA New Translation with Critical Commentary
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.2307/j.ctv1f2s
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy2f51bde7-eaae-4e18-9c1c-ad757a12abea
oapen.relation.isFundedBy07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26*
oapen.relation.isbn9781800101890
oapen.collectionSwiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
oapen.imprintUniversity of Rochester Press
oapen.pages324
oapen.place.publicationRochester
oapen.grant.number10BP12_199421
oapen.grant.programOpen Access Books
oapen.grant.projectRichard Wagner's Essays on Conducting


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