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The Perfect Wagnerite

Author: Bernard Shaw

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Published: 1898

Total Pages: 196

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The Perfect Wagnerite

Author: George Bernard Shaw

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2011-06-01

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1775453472

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Though remembered primarily as a playwright and novelist, Irish writer George Bernard Shaw was an insatiably curious intellect whose interests encompassed a broad array of topics. This exegesis on Wagner's Ring cycle relates the opera series to ideas like capitalism and mythological archetypes.

The Perfect Wagnerite: a Commentary on the Niblung's Ring

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Publisher: Namaskar Book

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Total Pages: 113

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Embark on a journey through the intricate layers of Wagner's Ring Cycle with Bernard Shaw as your guide. The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring by Bernard Shaw: Embark on a journey into the world of Richard Wagner's epic opera with Bernard Shaw's The Perfect Wagnerite. This insightful commentary provides a key to unlocking the intricate layers of the Niblung's Ring, offering a guide to both seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers to the world of Wagner. Shaw's passionate analysis and deep appreciation for the art form make this commentary an indispensable companion for opera lovers. Why This Book? The Perfect Wagnerite is not just a commentary; it's a gateway into the rich tapestry of Wagner's operatic masterpiece. Bernard Shaw's keen insights and accessible explanations make this book an essential companion for anyone seeking to understand and appreciate the nuances of the Niblung's Ring. Bernard Shaw, a prolific Irish playwright and music critic, brings his signature wit and analytical prowess to Wagner's operatic world in The Perfect Wagnerite.

The Perfect Wagnerite

Author: Bernard Shaw

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1967-01-01

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780486217079

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The famous playwright's enlightening and provocative criticism surveys the four Wagner operas known as The Ring. Shaw explores the works' philosophic and social ideology as well as Wagner's life, music drama versus grand opera, the role of the Leitmotif in unifying the cycle, Siegfried's character, and many other fascinating subjects.

The Perfect Wagnerite

Author: Bernard Shaw

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Published: 1908

Total Pages: 164

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A commentary on Richard Wagner's opera "The Niblung's Ring."

The Perfect Wagnerite

Author: George Bernard Shaw

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780342970377

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The Perfect Wagnerite (Annotated)

Author: Bernard Shaw

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-11-28

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781540675996

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The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring (originally published London, 1898) is a philosophical commentary on Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, by the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. Shaw offered it to those enthusiastic admirers of Wagner who "were unable to follow his ideas, and do not in the least understand the dilemma of Wotan." According to Shaw: I write this pamphlet for the assistance of those who wish to be introduced to the work on equal terms with that inner circle of adepts...The reason is that its dramatic moments lie quite outside the consciousness of people whose joys and sorrows are all domestic and personal, and whose religions and political ideas are purely conventional and superstitious. To them it is a struggle between half a dozen fairytale personages for a ring, involving hours of scolding and cheating, and one long scene in a dark gruesome mine, with gloomy, ugly music, and not a glimpse of a handsome young man or pretty woman. Only those of wider consciousness can follow it breathlessly, seeing in it the whole tragedy of human history and the whole horror of the dilemmas from which the world is shrinking today. Shaw interprets the Ring in Marxian terms as an allegory of the collapse of capitalism from its internal contradictions. Musicologically, his interpretation is noteworthy for its perception of the change in aesthetic direction beginning with the final scene of Siegfried, in which he claimed that the cycle turns from Musikdrama back towards opera.