Richard Wagner, Parsifal
This book gives a comprehensive account of Wagner's last and strangest opera. The literary sources of this work, its many links with Wagner's life and thought, its libretto, music and stage history, are all thoroughly examined. There is a full commentary, with extensive quotation, on the work's critical history, and finally, a fresh assessment of its place in the Wagner canon and of its unique quality as a music drama that is both modern and Christian. Full references, a bibliography and a discography are provided. A special chapter of musical analysis is contributed by Arnold Whittall
Print Book, English, 1981
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1981
viii, 163 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780521228251, 9780521296625, 0521228255, 0521296625
6762603
1. The sources; 2. Text and synopsis; 3. The music by Arnold Whittall; 4. Stage history; 5. Reactions and critical assessments; 6. A proposed interpretation; Notes; Bibliography; Discography Malcolm Walker.