Translation of: Geck, Martin. Wagner. München : Siedler, 2012 Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-423) and indexes
Contents:
Introduction : Figuring out Wagner? The archetypal theatrical scene : from Leubald to Die Feen A word about Felix Mendelssohn The blandishments of grand opera : das Liebesverbot and Rienzi A word about Giacomo Meyerbeer "Deep shock" and "a violent change of direction" : der Fliegende Holländer A word about Heinrich Heine Rituals to combat fear and loneliness: Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg A word about Josef Rubinstein A bedtime story with dire consequences : Lohengrin A word about Arnold Schoenberg The revolutionary drafts : Achilles, Jesus of Nazareth, Siegfried's death and Wieland the Smith A word about Paul Bekker "We have art so as not to be destroyed by the truth" : the Ring as a nineteenth-century myth A word about Angelo Neumann "My music making is in fact magic making, for I just cannot produce music coolly and mechanically" : the art of the Ring ; seen from the beginning A word about George Steiner "He resembles us to a tee; he is the sum total of present-day intelligence" : the art of the Ring ; Wotan's music A word about Sergei Eisenstein "A mystical pit, giving pleasure to individuals" : Tristan und Isolde A word about Ernst Bloch "A magnificent, overcharged, heavy, late art" : die Meistersinger von Nürnberg A word about Berthold Auerbach "They're hurrying on toward their end, though they think they will last for ever" : the art of the Ring ; seen from the end A word about Theodor W. Adorno "You will see 'diminished sevenths were just not possible!' : Parsifal A word about Gustav Mahler Wagner as the sleuth of modernism
