WAGNER ON CONDUCTING PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Richard Wagner,Edward Dannreuther | 118 pages | 01 Mar 1989 | Dover Publications Inc. | 9780486259321 | English | New York, United States Richard Wagner | Biography, Compositions, Operas, & Facts | Britannica Impulsive and self-willed, he was a negligent scholar at the Kreuzschule, Dresden , and the Nicholaischule, Leipzig. He frequented concerts, however, taught himself the piano and composition , and read the plays of Shakespeare, Goethe, and Schiller. Wagner, attracted by the glamour of student life, enrolled at Leipzig University , but as an adjunct with inferior privileges, since he had not completed his preparatory schooling. Although he lived wildly, he applied himself earnestly to composition. Because of his impatience with all academic techniques, he spent a mere six months acquiring a groundwork with Theodor Weinlig, cantor of the Thomasschule; but his real schooling was a close personal study of the scores of the masters, notably the quartets and symphonies of Beethoven. He failed to get the opera produced at Leipzig and became conductor to a provincial theatrical troupe from Magdeburg , having fallen in love with one of the actresses of the troupe, Wilhelmine Minna Planer, whom he married in In , fleeing from his creditors, he decided to put into operation his long-cherished plan to win renown in Paris, but his three years in Paris were calamitous. Living with a colony of poor German artists, he staved off starvation by means of musical journalism and hackwork. In , aged 29, he gladly returned to Dresden, where Rienzi was triumphantly performed on October The next year The Flying Dutchman produced at Dresden, January 2, was less successful, since the audience expected a work in the French-Italian tradition similar to Rienzi and was puzzled by the innovative way the new opera integrated the music with the dramatic content. But Wagner was appointed conductor of the court opera, a post that he held until His proposals would have taken control of the opera away from the court and created a national theatre whose productions would be chosen by a union of dramatists and composers. Preoccupied with ideas of social regeneration, he then became embroiled in the German revolution of — A conductor of remarkable power and imagination, highly creative in his interpretations, thoroughly knowledgeable about the orchestra, capable of absorbing a score until it was part of him, Wagner was, perhaps above all, a supremely confident perfectionist. Much of what Wagner thought and felt about the interpretation of music is as exciting and valid today as when he first expressed it. This is a book that composers, conductors, and students of music and musical interpretation should have. Lovers of serious music will treasure the insights it provides not only into Wagner himself but also into the often highly subjective elements that make up musical performance. Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. Published March 1st by Dover Publications first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Wagner on Conducting , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Wagner on Conducting. Jul 02, Kevin Cheng rated it really liked it Shelves: music. When reading this book, one must remember to take what Wagner says in context, that the world was very different years ago, as was conducting back then. It should also be noted that the contents were originally written as newspaper articles, and to some degrees, were conversations and arguments with other critics. Nonetheless, the comments Wagner made were enlightening, and the book provides valuable insights into how things we consider to be basics - dynamics, tempo changes, choice of tempo When reading this book, one must remember to take what Wagner says in context, that the world was very different years ago, as was conducting back then. Nonetheless, the comments Wagner made were enlightening, and the book provides valuable insights into how things we consider to be basics - dynamics, tempo changes, choice of tempo etc. His comments on choice of tempo were particularly enlightening - whilst he never gave metronome measures of how fast he tackled a particularly work, he outlined an approach to determine a proper tempo, something any worthy modern conductor should know! View 2 comments. Jun 23, George rated it really liked it. Interesting look at Wagner's thoughts about conducting. I especially enjoyed his views on tempi and how the markings in scores are difficult to interpret and one should feel their way through the music versus being dogmatic in following tempo suggestions so strictly that melody and expression are lost. I loved his views on opera conductors who will do whatever singers want, making unreasonable cuts and changes to service the singers whims. Understandable how he was considered tyrannical as a con Interesting look at Wagner's thoughts about conducting. Understandable how he was considered tyrannical as a conductor, but also why it is necessary. I also found fascinating his comments about there being Mozartean Allegro's, Beethovenian Allegro's, and the Wagnerian Allegro, all of which are about attempting correct interpretation of music and serving the music. Lovers of serious music will treasure the insights it provides not only into Wagner himself but also into the often highly subjective elements that make up musical performance. Product Details. Pages: Product dimensions: 5. Related Searches. Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's celebrated four-part Ring Cycle, blends the powerful imagery Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's celebrated four-part Ring Cycle, blends the powerful imagery of Norse and Teutonic mythology with glorious, robustly inventive music to produce a dramatic allegory of greed and lust for power. Despite its popularity, however, View Product. Die Walkure Vocal Score. It started as a single idea, under the working title of Siegfried's Death, and ended It started as a single idea, under the working title of Siegfried's Death, and ended as an epic four-opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen. Inspired by the great Nordic and Germanic sagas, Richard Wagner created a unique statement of the Gotterdammerung Twilight of the Gods : in Full Score:. Melding literary, philosophical, and political — as well as musical — influences in his works, Melding literary, philosophical, and political — as well as musical — influences in his works, Richard Wagner —83 brought the expressive power of German romantic opera to new heights — indeed, his music was its crowning glory. George Bernard Shaw, Wagner on Conducting - Richard Wagner - Google книги He frequented concerts, however, taught himself the piano and composition , and read the plays of Shakespeare, Goethe, and Schiller. Wagner, attracted by the glamour of student life, enrolled at Leipzig University , but as an adjunct with inferior privileges, since he had not completed his preparatory schooling. Although he lived wildly, he applied himself earnestly to composition. Because of his impatience with all academic techniques, he spent a mere six months acquiring a groundwork with Theodor Weinlig, cantor of the Thomasschule; but his real schooling was a close personal study of the scores of the masters, notably the quartets and symphonies of Beethoven. He failed to get the opera produced at Leipzig and became conductor to a provincial theatrical troupe from Magdeburg , having fallen in love with one of the actresses of the troupe, Wilhelmine Minna Planer, whom he married in In , fleeing from his creditors, he decided to put into operation his long-cherished plan to win renown in Paris, but his three years in Paris were calamitous. Living with a colony of poor German artists, he staved off starvation by means of musical journalism and hackwork. In , aged 29, he gladly returned to Dresden, where Rienzi was triumphantly performed on October The next year The Flying Dutchman produced at Dresden, January 2, was less successful, since the audience expected a work in the French-Italian tradition similar to Rienzi and was puzzled by the innovative way the new opera integrated the music with the dramatic content. But Wagner was appointed conductor of the court opera, a post that he held until His proposals would have taken control of the opera away from the court and created a national theatre whose productions would be chosen by a union of dramatists and composers. Preoccupied with ideas of social regeneration, he then became embroiled in the German revolution of — Wagner wrote a number of articles advocating revolution and took an active part in the Dresden uprising of To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Wagner on Conducting , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Wagner on Conducting. Jul 02, Kevin Cheng rated it really liked it Shelves: music. When reading this book, one must remember to take what Wagner says in context, that the world was very different years ago, as was conducting back then. It should also be noted that the contents were originally written as newspaper articles, and to some degrees, were conversations and arguments with other critics. Nonetheless, the comments Wagner made were enlightening, and the book provides valuable insights into how things we consider to be basics - dynamics, tempo changes, choice of tempo When reading this book, one must remember to take what Wagner says in context, that the world was very different years ago, as was conducting back then. Nonetheless, the comments Wagner made were enlightening, and the book provides valuable insights into how things we consider to be basics - dynamics, tempo changes, choice of tempo etc.