Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide

by Saffle; Michael

• ISBN13: 9780415998406
• ISBN10: 0415998409
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer and performer.

Table of Contents

Using this Book	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introducing Wagner	p. 1
Wagner in 1,000 Words	p. 1
Wagner Research, Past and Present	p. 3
Surveying Wagner: Compendia and Other Survey Studies	p. 8
Comprehensive Survey Studies	p. 8
Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries and Related Publications	p. 18
Companions, Handbooks, and Readers	p. 20
Conference Proceedings and Other Anthologies	p. 21
Programs and Program Booklets	p. 25
Specialized Periodicals, Periodical Issues, and Related Studies	p. 27
Researching Wagner: Reference Works of Various Kinds	p. 34
Bibliographies and Related Studies	p. 34
Musical Catalogs and Related Studies	p. 40
Dictionaries, Lexicons, Glossaries, and Checklists	p. 42
Collection and Exhibition Catalogs	p. 46
Iconographies and Related Studies	p. 55
Discographies and Related Studies	p. 60
Filmographies and Videographies	p. 64
Timelines	p. 65
Research Reports and Related Studies	p. 65
The Documentary Legacy	p. 69
Musical Editions and Related Studies	p. 69
Musical Manuscripts and Related Studies	p. 75
Editions of Literary Works and Related Studies	p. 76
Autobiographies, Curricula Vitae, Diaries, and Related Studies	p. 85
Published Correspondence and Related Studies	p. 91
Memoirs and Reminiscences	p. 108
Additional Sources	p. 116
Wagner's Life and Character	p. 117
Autobiographies and Related Studies	p. 117
Biographies and Related Studies	p. 118
Chronologies and Other Concise Publications	p. 127
Specialized Biographical Studies	p. 130
Character Studies	p. 165
Wagner as Composer: Studies in Techniques, Styles, and Influences	p. 170
Surveys of Wagner's Compositions and Stylistic Issues	p. 170
Studies of Wagner's Compositional Development, Methods, and Procedures	p. 172
Studies of Wagner's Musical Relationships and Influences	p. 187
Wagner as Music Dramatist 1: Surveys Studies	p. 215
Wagner as Music Dramatist 2: The Earlier (and Unfinished) Operas and Music Dramas	p. 224
Studies of Wagner's Unfinished Operas and Music Dramas	p. 224
Studies of Wagner's Early Completed Operas	p. 227
Wagner as Music Dramatist 3: Holländer, Lohengrin, and Tannhäuser	p. 232
Studies of Der fliegende Holländer	p. 232
Studies of Tannhäuser und die Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg	p. 238
Studies of Lohengrin	p. 245
Wagner as Music Dramatist 4: Meistersinger, Parsifal, Tristan, and the Ring	p. 248
Survey Studies of Wagner's Late Music Dramas	p. 248
Studies of Der Ring des Nibelungen	p. 249
Studies of Tristan und Isolde	p. 275
Studies of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg	p. 285
Studies of Parsifal	p. 292
Wagner as Instrumental and Vocal Composer and Arranger	p. 301
Studies of Wagner as Instrumental Composer	p. 301
Studies of Wagner as Choral and Vocal Composer	p. 307
Studies of Wagner as Arranger	p. 308
Miscellaneous Studies	p. 310
Performing Wagner: Studies of Performance Practices, Productions, and Media Issues	p. 311
Survey Studies	p. 311
Studies of Individual Performance Practices and Practitioners	p. 313
Studies of Wagner and the Media	p. 324
Wagner as Poet, Prose Writer, Philosopher, and Revolutionary	p. 327
Survey Studies	p. 327
Studies of Wagner as Poet	p. 330
Studies of Wagner as Prose Writer	p. 333
Studies of Wagner as Philosopher	p. 335
Studies of Wagner, Nationalism, and German Culture	p. 346
Studies of Wagner as Politician, Polemicist, and Revolutionary	p. 348
Studies of Wagner as Pedagogue	p. 351
Studies of Wagner and Other Aspects of Knowledge and Belief	p. 351
Criticizing Wagner: Wagner's Critics and the Wagner Reception	p. 354
Survey Studies and Anthologies	p. 354
Studies of Wagner Criticism and "Wagnerism" in Various Countries	p. 355
Wagner Criticism and the "Wagner Legend"	p. 376
Studies Involving Wagner, Modernity, and Leading Modern Wagner Critics	p. 379
Studies Involving Wagner, Postmodernity, and Postmodern Wagner Criticism	p. 388
Wagner and Culture, Past and Present: Literature, Psychology, and the Visual Arts	p. 391
Survey Studies	p. 391
Studies of Wagner and the Past	p. 394
Studies Involving Wagner and Psychology	p. 400
Wagner in European and American Literature	p. 401
Studies of Wagner and the Visual Arts	p. 410
Wagner and Anti-Semitism	p. 413
General Studies	p. 413
Specialized Studies	p. 419
After Wagner: Bayreuth, the Festivals, and Wagner's Descendants	p. 424
Wagner and Bayreuth	p. 424
The Bayreuth Wagner Festivals	p. 429
Wagner's Immediate Family and their Descendants	p. 434
Notes	p. 446
Index of Authors, Editors, and Translators	p. 448
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