The Quest for the Gesamtkunstwerk and Richard Wagner
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 14 April 2016
- ISBN 9780199325436
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages300 pages
- Size 241x162x22 mm
- Weight 590 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Numerous black-and-white halftones; 4-pp colour plates section 0
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Short description:
This study examines the nature of the interdisciplinary procedures implicit in 'Gesamtkunstwerk' and suggests a new critical methodology to illuminate the processes and techniques which Wagner used as a bridge between dramatic text and music, thus creating a unique fusion of the major elements that constitute the 'total work of art'.
MoreLong description:
The Gesamtkunstwerk ('total work of art'), once a key concept in Wagner studies, has become problematic. This book sheds light on this conundrum by first tracing the development of the concept in the 19th century through selected examples, some of which include combinations of different art forms. It then focuses on the culmination of the Gesamtkunstwerk in Wagner's theories and in the practice of his late music dramas, of which Der Ring des Nibelungen is the most complete representation. Finally, the book contrasts the view of the Ring as a fusion of dramatic text and music with the 20th century trend towards Deconstruction in Wagnerian productions and the importance of Régie. Against this trend a case is made here for a fresh critical approach and a reconsideration of the nature and basis for the fundamental unity which has hitherto been widely perceived in Wagner's Ring. Approaches through Leitmotiv alone are no longer acceptable. However, in conjunction with another principle, Moment, which Wagner insisted on combining with Motive, these can be ingeniously 'staged' and steered to dramatic ends by means of musical dynamics and expressive devices such as accumulation. Analysis of the two Erda scenes demonstrates how this complex combination of resources acts as a powerful means of fusion of the musical and dramatic elements in the Ring and confirms its status as a Gesamtkunstwerk.
Brown's engaging study of the Gesamtkunstwerk is a valuable contribution to the topic.The journey matters more than the result of the competition... Brown's hunt for the Gesamtkunstwerk does allow us to rethink this multilayered concept in different ways, as a real interdisciplinary enterprise, and the vast artistic repertoire addressed in this book enriches scholarly explorations on this issue.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Nature of the Quest
Part I Approaches to the Gesamtkunstwerk before Wagner
The Landscape Garden
Romantic Drama and the Visual Arts
Goethe's Faust: Gesamtkunstwerk or Universaltheater?
Part II Wagner and the Gesamtkunstwerk: Moment and Motiv
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Theoretical Approaches
Moment and Motiv: Critical Approaches to the Ring Cycle
Analysis of the Erda Scenes
Part III Wagner, the Gesamtkunstwerk, and Performance of the Ring
Adolphe Appia: A Watershed in the Evolution of the Gesamtkunstwerk
Wieland Wagner: The Appia Heritage and the Gesamtkunstwerk
The Centenary Ring: Deconstruction and the Gesamtkunstwerk
Conclusion
Appendix - The genesis of Goethe's Faust
