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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Main Author: Walton, Chris, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 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.