Wagner and Aeschylus: The Ring and the Oresteia
Michael Ewans
Cambridge University Press, 1983
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Wagner and Aeschylus examines the role that the Oresteia played in the shaping of the Ring, showing how Aeschylus' masterpiece influenced Wagner's at many levels, from the basic idea of using mythical material for a cycle of 'stage festival dramas' right through to profound aspects of subject matter and form and Wagner's conception of the role of music in opera.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521250733
- ISBN-10
- 0521250730
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1983
- Publication date
- 1983-05-31
- Pages
- 272
- Dimensions
- 234x161x25
- Weight
- 552