The Tristan chord : Wagner and philosophy /

Magee, Bryan.

The Tristan chord : Wagner and philosophy / Bryan Magee. - 1st American ed. - New York : Metropolitan Books, 2001. - xi, 397 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Originally published: Wagner and philosophy. London : Penguin Press, 2000. Includes index.

First the music -- Wagner as a young German -- Wagner the Left-wing revolutionary -- Wagner, Feuerbach and the future -- Wagner's misleading reputation -- Opera as Greek drama -- Some of The Ring's leading ideas -- Wagner's discovery of Schopenhauer -- The philosophy of Schopenhauer -- Wagner re-evaluates his values -- The turn -- Metaphysics as music -- Philosophy as opera -- Music as drama -- First the orchestra -- The crowning achievement -- Wagner and Nietzsche -- Appendix: Wagner's anti-semitism.

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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 --Philosophy.
Wagner, Richard.


Filosofische aspecten.
Oper.
Philosophie.

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