Graham Bradshaw writes about the interpretation of Wagner
Graham Bradshaw, 3 March 1983
Wagner and Literature
by Raymond Furness.
Manchester, 159 pp., £14.50, February 1982,0 7190 0844 1 Show More
by Raymond Furness.
Manchester, 159 pp., £14.50, February 1982,
Wagner to ‘The Waste Land’: A Study of the Relationship of Wagner to English Literature
by Stoddart Martin.
Macmillan, 277 pp., £20, June 1982,0 333 28998 6 Show More
by Stoddart Martin.
Macmillan, 277 pp., £20, June 1982,
Wagner and Aeschylus: ‘The Ring’ and ‘The Oresteia’
by Michael Ewans.
Faber, 271 pp., £12.50, July 1982,0 571 11808 9 Show More
by Michael Ewans.
Faber, 271 pp., £12.50, July 1982,
“... of Janáček’s operas, here traces the allegedly strong Aeschylean influence on Wagner, while Furness and Martin discuss Wagner’s influence on others: but all three are too little concerned with the peculiar nature and conditions of Wagner’s own musical-dramatic achievement. Why do so many musical terms, like ‘composed’, ‘resolve’ or ... ”
