Richard Wagner's Essays on Conducting : A New Translation with Critical Commentary /
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....
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Rochester, NY :
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2021.
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Table of Contents:
- A Note on the Present Translation
- Musical Examples
- pt. I Richard Wagner's Writings on Conducting
- 1. Reminiscences of Spontini
- 2. Report on the Performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Dresden in 1846
- 3. About Conducting
- 4. On Performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
- pt. II Critical Essay
- 5. Richard Wagner and the Art of Conducting
- About Conducting
- Wagner in Review
- Wagner in the Picture
- Annotated Scores and Parts
- Writing on Conducting
- Mania, Helmsmen, and Theory
- Berlioz the Catalyst?
- Uber das Dirigieren
- Early Impact
- Uber das Dirigieren
- Structure, Context, and Meta-Text
- Of "Elegance" and Anti-Semitism
- Wagner and the Academy
- Wagner and Beethoven's Ninth
- The Bayreuth Performance of Beethoven's Ninth in 1872
- Finding a Vocabulary for Conducting
- Melos and the Body
- Tempo Modification
- Freedom, Control, and the "Two Cultures"
- Charles Darwin and the Imperceptible Art of Transition
- Wagner ex Cathedra
- Wagner's School of Capellmeisters
- Wagner in Translation
- The Triumph of Time
- Bibliography
- Sound Recordings
- Annotated Scores
- Books and Articles.