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Wagner's Parsifal

- The Music of Redemption
Af: Roger Scruton Engelsk Paperback

Wagner's Parsifal

- The Music of Redemption
Af: Roger Scruton Engelsk Paperback
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A superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner''s last opera, by one of Britain''s leading intellectuals

Wagner''s last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the ''pure fool, knowing through compassion'', who has been called to rescue the Kingdom of the Grail from the sins that have polluted it. The Grail is a symbol of purity in a world of lust and power, but although Parsifal is the culmination of Wagner''s life-long obsession with the religious frame of mind, the redemption sought by his characters is far from the Christian archetype. For Wagner, redemption occurs inthis life, when compassion prevails over enslavement, and purity replaces spiritual pollution. His music here ties together suffering and contrition, sin and forgiveness, downfall and redemption in an inextricable knot, healing the fractures and uniting the warring elements in human life in a way that is clear, convincing and uncanny. More than any other of his works, Parsifal expresses in music a depth of feeling for which we do not have words.

This short but penetrating book, by a writer who was uniquely both a leading philosopher and musicologist, shows us how Wagner achieves this profound work, explaining the story, its musical ideas, and their coming together into a sublime whole which gives us the musical equivalent of forgiveness and closure. There are few writers who can so enhance our understanding of one of the greatest works in western music.

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A superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner''s last opera, by one of Britain''s leading intellectuals

Wagner''s last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the ''pure fool, knowing through compassion'', who has been called to rescue the Kingdom of the Grail from the sins that have polluted it. The Grail is a symbol of purity in a world of lust and power, but although Parsifal is the culmination of Wagner''s life-long obsession with the religious frame of mind, the redemption sought by his characters is far from the Christian archetype. For Wagner, redemption occurs inthis life, when compassion prevails over enslavement, and purity replaces spiritual pollution. His music here ties together suffering and contrition, sin and forgiveness, downfall and redemption in an inextricable knot, healing the fractures and uniting the warring elements in human life in a way that is clear, convincing and uncanny. More than any other of his works, Parsifal expresses in music a depth of feeling for which we do not have words.

This short but penetrating book, by a writer who was uniquely both a leading philosopher and musicologist, shows us how Wagner achieves this profound work, explaining the story, its musical ideas, and their coming together into a sublime whole which gives us the musical equivalent of forgiveness and closure. There are few writers who can so enhance our understanding of one of the greatest works in western music.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9780141991665
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0141991666
Kategori: Germany
Udg. Dato: 25 mar 2021
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 25 mar 2021
Forfatter(e): Roger Scruton
Forfatter(e) Roger Scruton

Kategori Germany

ISBN-13 9780141991665

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 208

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 197mm

Højde 128mm

Udg. Dato 25 mar 2021

Oplagsdato 25 mar 2021

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd