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WSNY Catalogue THE P.O. Box 230949 Ansonia Station WAGNER SOCIETY New York, NY 10023–0949 OF NEW YORK Phone: 212/749–4561 Fax: 212/749–1542 C ATALOGUE — A M E M B E R S ERVICE B OOKS, S CORES, T RANSLATIONS , A UDIO G UIDES , W AGNERIANA The Wagner Society of New York offers an extensive catalogue of books, scores, CDs, and other materials of special interest. Updated 01/2021. No Kindle editions. This is not an online form. See order form to download following listings.) Everything is available at member prices! Special Offer: Video Guide to the Ring Wagner’s Ring: A Tale Told in Music by Heath Lees, 4-DVD Set. The workings of the Ring: its leitmotifs, relationships, and transformations, concentrating on the music of the Ring. Each DVD focuses on one of the operas, with piano illustrations, interviews with Wagner experts, and performances by singers. $60.00. B OOKS Affron, Charles. Grand Opera: The Story of the Met. List: $45.00. Members: $40.00. Cambridge Wagner Encyclopedia (N. Vazsonyi, ed.). List $180.00. Members: $100.00. Deathridge, John. Beyond Good and Evil. List: $39.95. Members: $35.00. DiGaetani, John. Inside the Ring. [Essays on the Ring.] List: $49.95. Members: $43.00. DiGaetani, John. Outside the Ring. [Essays on non-Ring operas] List: $45.00. Members: $40.00. Horowitz, Joseph. Wagner Nights: An American History. List: $17.95. Members: $15.00. Kinderman, William. Wagner’s Parsifal. List: $74.00. Members: $50.00. Kreuzer, Gundula. Curtain, Gong, Steam. $30.00. Poetic Edda. Trans. L.M. Hollander. List: $21.95. Members: $10.00. Rackham, Arthur. Color Illustrations for Wagner's Ring. List: $12.95. Members: $11.00. Ross, Alex. Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Wagner. List: $40.00. Members: $29.99. (domestic orders only; includes shipping) Shaw, George Bernard. The Perfect Wagnerite. List: $20.00. Members: $15.00. Sturluson, Snorri. The Prose Edda. Trans. J. Young. List: $15.00. Members: $13.00. Vazsonyi, Nicholas, ed. Wagner’s Meistersinger: Performance, History, Representation. List: $29.95. Members: $25.00. Wagner, R. Wagner on Conducting. Trans. E. Dannreuther. List: $22.95. Members: $17.00. Williams, Simon. Richard Wagner and Festival Theater. $10.00. (If you are looking for a title and it is not listed, please contact us.) SINGER BIOGRAPHIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES – $20.00 EACH Hotter, Hans. Memoirs (autobiography). Trans. D. Arthur. $20.00. Ludwig, Christa. In My Own Voice: Memoirs. Trans. R. Domeraski. $20.00. Nilsson, Birgit. La Nilsson: My Life in Opera (autobiography). Trans. D. J. Popper. $20.00. Varnay, Astrid. 55 Years in Five Acts (autobiography). $20.00. Williams, Jeannie. Jon Vickers: A Hero’s Life. $20.00. O P E R A T RANSLATIONS The Ring of the Nibelung. New translation by John Deathridge (2019). $40.00. Members: $25.00. Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung—A Companion. Trans. S. Spencer. List: $29.95. Members: $25.00. The Ring of the Nibelung. (Trans. Andrew Porter.) List: $16.95. Members: $13.00. Das Liebesverbot. Trans. R. Arsenty. Ger.-Eng. Libretto [only available libretto]. $15.00. Opera Guides. German/English texts, with essays and photos. (Updated editions of ENO Opera Guides) Each Opera Guide — List: $29.95. Members: $20.00. The following are available: Der Fliegende Holländer Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Parsifal Tannhäuser SCORES DOVER REPRINT SCORES Full orchestral scores from authoritative editions. High-quality paperback. Der Fliegende Holländer. List: $34.95. Members: $32.00. Götterdämmerung. List: $38.95. Members: $36.00. Lohengrin. List: $26.95. Members: $24.00. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. List: $49.95. Members: $46.00. Parsifal. List: $44.95. Members: $42.00. Das Rheingold. List: $22.95. Members: $20.00. Siegfried. List: $29.95. Members: $27.00. Tannhäuser. List: $39.95. Members: $36.00. Tristan und Isolde. List: $44.95. Members: $42.00. Die Walküre. List: $49.95. Members: $46.00. Overtures and Preludes. List: $19.95. Members: $17.00. Siegfried Idyl & Faust Overture. List: $14.95. Members: $12.00. WAGNERIANA/MISCELLANY Annals of the Wagner Society of New York, 1977-2002: 25th Anniversary Edition $7.00 Annals, volumes 1 (1977-1976) & 2 (both volumes contain extensive photo coverage) $10.00 Bayreuth Umbrella: scenes from Bayreuth. $30.00 Wagner Coasters. Free on request. Wagner Lapel Pin: black silhouette with gold edging—clutch pin (7/8”) $10.00 Wagner Button: blue or white with black silhouette and name (1¾") $1.00 WSNY Tote Bag: navy with white logo. $15.00 T SHIRTS: WSNY logo. 100% cotton, long sleeve or short sleeve $15.00 Colors and sizes: M/L/XL/XXL; royal, black, white, navy, purple, periwinkle, forest green T-SHIRTS: Ring Family Tree, black background. 100% cotton, long or short sleeve $20.00 A UDIO G UIDES Selected lectures from WSNY events, available on CD, on request. $20.00. Götterdämmerung — G. Kossodo: “The Changes from ‘Siegfrieds Tod’ to Götterdämmerung.” (Seminar, 10/88, 45 min.) with G. Kossodo: “Heroism and the Ring.” (Lecture, 4/90, 30 min.) $20.00. Götterdämmerung — J. Swann: “The Music of Götterdämmerung: Finding an Ending and Closing the Circle.” (Lecture, 5/3/12, 60 min.) $20.00. Lohengrin — G. Kossodo: “Sources of Lohengrin”; J. Pearce: “Lohengrin in Mahler’s Vienna” (rare recordings). (Seminar, 1/86, 90 min.) $20.00. Die Meistersinger — Prof. H. R. Vaget: “Thoughts on Beckmesser and All That.” (Seminar, 3/07, 40 min.) $20.00. Parsifal — G. Kossodo: “Wagner and the Grail”; Prof. R. Bailey: “Music, Poetry, and Drama in Parsifal.” (Seminar, 3/83, 90 min.) $20.00. Das Rheingold — G. Kossodo: “Wagner’s Rheingold and the Myths.” (Seminar, 2/88, 60 min.) $20.00. Rienzi — R. Bailey: “Wagner, Paris, and French Grand Opera.”; E. Neher: “Justifying Rienzi – Justifying an Opera.” (Seminar, 3/92, 60 min.) $20.00. Tannhäuser — G. Kossodo: “Comparison of Paris and Dresden Versions of Tannhäuser.” (Lecture, 2/84, 90 min.) $20.00. Tannhäuser —R. Bailey: ”The Riddle of the Tannhäuser Overture and its Solutions.” (Seminar, 12/04, 45 min.) $20.00. Tristan und Isolde — Jeffrey Swann (1): “Tristan and the Mystic Experience.” (Lecture, 10/03, 90 min., with piano illustrations.) $20.00. Tristan und Isolde — J. Swann (2): “Tristan and the Musical Language of Expectancy.” (Seminar, 12/08, 45 min., with piano illustrations.) $20.00. Tristan und Isolde — G. Kossodo: “Tristan and Schopenhauer.” (Seminar, 4/84, 60 min.)$20.00. Die Walküre — G. Kossodo: “The Concept of 19th-century Heroism.” (Seminar, 10/86, 60 min.) $20.00. Die Walküre — J. Swann: ”The Growth of Love, as Reflected in Die Walküre.” (Seminar, 5/11, 60 min.) $20.00. Edward R. Haymes. “The Two Rings (Wagner and Tolkien).” (Lecture, 1/04, 90 min.) $20.00. Schofield, Paul. “Wagner and Buddhism.” (DVD of 4/08 lecture.) $20.00. “Does Wagner’s Anti-Semitism Matter?” Professors P. L. Rose and H. Vaget; P. Bloom, moderator. (Panel discussion, 2/93, 80 min.) $20.00. 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