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An examination of work by the German music theorist, Alfred Lorenz, to explain Wagner's operas and how they fit with German nationalist ideology.
The work of the Wagnerian theorist and analyst Alfred Lorenz (1869-1939) has had a profound influence upon both Wagnerian scholarship and music analysis in the twentieth century, and yet it has never been properly evaluated. Analyzing Wagner's Operas outlines the origins and development of the expressive aesthetic in writings by Wagner and others, as well as in early-twentieth-century theories of musical form, and it considers Lorenz's work and contributions in this light. The book also hopes to show, to the extent possible, where Lorenz's work acted as a sort of "musical metaphor" for German nationalist ideology during the Nazi era.
The work of the Wagnerian theorist and analyst Alfred Lorenz (1869-1939) has had a profound influence upon both Wagnerian scholarship and music analysis in the twentieth century, and yet it has never been properly evaluated. Analyzing Wagner's Operas outlines the origins and development of the expressive aesthetic in writings by Wagner and others, as well as in early-twentieth-century theories of musical form, and it considers Lorenz's work and contributions in this light. The book also hopes to show, to the extent possible, where Lorenz's work acted as a sort of "musical metaphor" for German nationalist ideology during the Nazi era.
Price: $130.00
Pages: 260
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: University of Rochester Press
Publication Date:
25 October 1998
Trim Size: 22.80 X 15.20 in
ISBN: 9781580460231
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera, MUSIC / History & Criticism, History of music, Music reviews and criticism
A rich book. It teaches us a great deal about late Romantic aesthetics and Wagnerian analysis, as well as Lorenz's career, his analytic work, and its reception. McClatchie's intelligent and knowledgeable consideration of complex questions about the interactions between ideology, cultural politics, and musical scholarship should challenge us to think as carefully and clearly about such questions whenever and wherever they arise.
List of Figures
List of Musical Examples
Preface
Chapter 1. Alfred Lorenz: The Discoverer of Wagnerian Form
Chapter 2. Aesthetics and Analysis of Form at the Turn of the Century
Chapter 3. Lorenz's Aesthetics
Chapter 4. Lorenz's Analytical Method: The Ring Analyses
Chapter 5. The Development of Lorenz's Analytical Method
Chapter 6. The Reception of Lorenz's Analytical Method
Chapter 7. Alfred Lorenz and German Nationalist Ideology
Appendix 1. Lorenz's Formal Types
Appendix 2. Lorenz's Analysis of the Poetic Musical Periods of Der Ring des Nibeungen
Bibliography
Index
List of Musical Examples
Preface
Chapter 1. Alfred Lorenz: The Discoverer of Wagnerian Form
Chapter 2. Aesthetics and Analysis of Form at the Turn of the Century
Chapter 3. Lorenz's Aesthetics
Chapter 4. Lorenz's Analytical Method: The Ring Analyses
Chapter 5. The Development of Lorenz's Analytical Method
Chapter 6. The Reception of Lorenz's Analytical Method
Chapter 7. Alfred Lorenz and German Nationalist Ideology
Appendix 1. Lorenz's Formal Types
Appendix 2. Lorenz's Analysis of the Poetic Musical Periods of Der Ring des Nibeungen
Bibliography
Index