Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide

by Saffle,Michael

• ISBN13: 9780824056957
• ISBN10: 0824056957
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Michael Saffle leaves no stone unturned as he annotates all the bibliographic material on Wagner: the documentary legacies, his life and times, including his relationships with men and women and his operas, including the classicsDer Ring des Nibelungen,Tristan andIsoldeandParsifal.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
To Users of this Research Guide	xv
Introduction	1	(10)
Wagner in 1,000 Words	1	(2)
Concerning the Present Research Guide	3	(8)
Introducing Wagner: Compendia and other Survey Studies	11	(24)
Comprehensive Survey Studies	11	(9)
Introductions to Wagner and Wagner Research	11	(3)
Other Comprehensive Survey Studies	14	(6)
Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries and Related Publications	20	(2)
Companions, Handbooks, and Readers	22	(1)
Conference Proceedings and Other Anthologies	23	(4)
Programs and Program Booklets	27	(1)
Specialized Periodicals, Periodical Issues, and Related Studies	28	(7)
Researching Wagner: Reference Works of Various Kinds	35	(32)
Bibliographies and Related Studies	35	(6)
Musical Catalogs and Related Studies	41	(2)
Dictionaries, Lexicons, Glossaries, and Checklists	43	(4)
Collection and Exhibition Catalogs	47	(8)
General or Broader-Based Catalogs	47	(2)
Catalogs of Individual Exhibitions and Collections	49	(6)
Iconographies and Related Studies	55	(5)
Discographies and Related Studies	60	(4)
Filmographies and Videographies	64	(1)
Timelines	64	(1)
Research Reports and Related Studies	65	(2)
The Documentary Legacy	67	(52)
Musical Editions and Related Studies	67	(4)
Collected Editions	67	(2)
Individual Editions	69	(1)
Facsimile Editions	70	(1)
Editions of Librettos and Texts	71	(2)
Musical Manuscripts and Related Studies	73	(1)
Editions of Literary Works and Related Studies	74	(10)
Collected Editions	74	(2)
Anthologies	76	(4)
Editions of Individual Prose Works	80	(2)
Related Studies	82	(2)
Autobiographies, Curricula Vitae, Diaries, and Related Studies	84	(6)
Autobiographies and Confessional Writings	84	(1)
Diaries	85	(3)
Related Studies	88	(2)
Published Correspondence and Related Studies	90	(18)
Collected Editions and Anthologies	90	(3)
Specialized Anthologies and Collections	93	(2)
Collections Addressed to Individual Recipients	95	(10)
Letters in Periodical Publications	105	(2)
Related Studies	107	(1)
Memoirs and Reminiscences	108	(6)
Collections	108	(1)
Individual Reminiscences and Memoirs	108	(6)
Other Documentary Collections	114	(3)
Additional Sources	117	(2)
Wagner's Life and Character	119	(52)
Autobiographies	119	(1)
Biographies and Related Studies	119	(13)
Traditional Biographies	119	(6)
Thematic Biographies	125	(2)
Documentary Biographies	127	(2)
Biographical Timelines and Other Concise Publications	129	(1)
Related Studies	130	(2)
Specialized Biographical Studies	132	(34)
Ancestors, Parents, and Siblings	132	(3)
Childhood and Youth (1813--1840)	135	(1)
The ``May Revolution'' (1849)	136	(1)
Exile (1849--1862)	137	(1)
Death (February 1883)	137	(1)
Wagner's Activities in Various Places	138	(8)
Wagner's Relationships with Groups and Couples	146	(2)
Wagner's Relationships with Individual Men	148	(11)
Wagner's Relationships with Women	159	(3)
Other Specialized Biographical Studies	162	(4)
Character Studies	166	(5)
Wagner as Composer: Studies in Techniques, Styles, and Influences	171	(42)
Surveys of Wagner's Compositions and Stylistic Issues	171	(2)
Wagner's Compositional Development, Methods, and Procedures	173	(13)
Wagner's Development as a Composer	173	(1)
Wagner's Working Methods	174	(2)
Wagner and Compositional Techniques	176	(10)
Musical Relationships and Influences	186	(27)
Survey Studies	186	(4)
Influences Exerted by Other Composers on Wagner	190	(10)
Influences Exerted by Wagner on Other Composers	200	(11)
Related Studies	211	(2)
Wagner as Music Dramatist	213	(76)
Survey Studies	213	(7)
The Earlier (and Unfinished) Operas and Music Dramas	220	(5)
Unfinished Operas and Music Dramas	220	(2)
Early Completed Operas	222	(1)
General Studies	222	(1)
Studies of Individual Operas	222	(1)
Die Feen	223	(1)
Das Liebesverbot	223	(1)
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen	224	(1)
Hollander, Lohengrin, and Tannhauser	225	(14)
Der fliegende Hollander	226	(5)
Tannhauser und der Sangerkrieg auf Wartburg	231	(6)
Lohengrin	237	(2)
Meistersinger, Parsifal, Tristan, and the Ring	239	(50)
Der Ring des Nibelungen	239	(1)
General Studies	239	(18)
Studies of Individual Ring Dramas and Fragments	257	(1)
Siegfrieds Tod	257	(1)
Das Rheingold	258	(2)
Die Walkiire	260	(1)
Siegfried	261	(3)
Die Gotterdammerung	264	(1)
Tristan und Isolde	264	(10)
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg	274	(6)
Parsifal	280	(9)
Wagner as Instrumental and Vocal Composer and Arranger	289	(10)
Wagner as Instrumental Composer	289	(6)
General Studies	289	(1)
Studies of Individual Genres and Works	290	(5)
Wagner as Choral and Vocal Composer	295	(1)
Wagner as Arranger	296	(3)
Performing Wagner: Studies of Performance Practices, Productions, and Media Issues	299	(14)
Survey Studies	299	(2)
Studies of Individual Performance Practices and Practitioners	301	(2)
Conducting and Conductors	301	(1)
Singing and Singers	301	(2)
Orchestral and Instrumental Performance and Performers	303	(1)
Studies Dealing with Productions and Producer-Directors	303	(8)
General Studies	303	(2)
Studies of Productions in Particular Places	305	(1)
Studies of Individual Producer-Directors and Stage Designers	306	(4)
Costume and Set-Design Studies	310	(1)
Wagner and the Media	311	(2)
Recording Techniques	311	(1)
Film	311	(2)
Wagner as Poet, Prose Writer, and Philosopher	313	(28)
General Surveys	313	(3)
Wagner as Poet	316	(3)
Primary Sources	316	(1)
Surveys and Critical Studies	316	(3)
Wagner as Prose Writer	319	(2)
Primary Sources	319	(1)
Surveys and Critical Studies	319	(2)
Wagner as Philosopher	321	(10)
Primary Sources	321	(1)
Survey Studies	322	(1)
Wagner, Aesthetics, and Musical-Dramatic Theory	323	(2)
Wagner and the Romantic Movement	325	(2)
Wagner and Other Philosophers	327	(3)
Additional Philosophers and Philosophical Constructs	330	(1)
Wagner, Nationalism, and German Culture	331	(2)
Wagner as Politician, Polemicist, and Revolutionary	333	(3)
Wagner as Pedagogue	336	(1)
Wagner and Other Aspects of Knowledge and Belief	337	(4)
Religion	337	(1)
Law	337	(1)
The ``Orient''	338	(3)
Criticizing Wagner: Wagner's Critics and the Wagner Reception	341	(22)
Survey Studies and Anthologies	341	(1)
Wagner Criticism in Various Countries	342	(7)
The ``Wagner Legend''	349	(2)
Wagner, Modernity, and Leading Modern Wagner Critics	351	(9)
Survey Studies	351	(1)
Studies by (and about) Individual Critics	352	(8)
Wagner, Postmodernity, and Postmodern Wagner Criticism	360	(3)
Wagner and Culture, Past and Present	363	(40)
Survey Studies	363	(2)
Wagner and the Past	365	(4)
Antiquity	365	(2)
The Middle Ages	367	(2)
Wagner and Mythology	369	(2)
Wagner and Psychology	371	(1)
Wagner in European and American Literature	371	(9)
General Studies	371	(2)
Studies of Wagner and Individual National Literatures	373	(7)
Wagner and ``Wagnerisms''	380	(13)
Survey Studies	380	(2)
Wagnerisms in Various Nations and Parts of Europe	382	(11)
Wagner and the Visual Arts	393	(2)
Wagner and Anti-Semitism	395	(8)
General Studies	395	(5)
Specialized Studies	400	(3)
After Wagner: Bayreuth, the Festivals, and Wagner's Descendents	403	(22)
Bayreuth and the Wagner Festivals	403	(10)
General Studies	403	(4)
The Festspielhaus and Haus Wahnfried	407	(1)
The Bayreuth Wagner Festivals, 1876--2000	408	(5)
Wagner's Family and Descendents: From 1883 to the Present	413	(12)
General Studies	413	(1)
Studies of Individual Wagner Family Members	414	(11)
Index of Authors, Editors, and Translators	425