I saw the world end : a study of Wagner's Ring / Deryck Cooke.
| Author/creator | Cooke, Deryck |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1979. |
| Description | 360 pages : music ; 20 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The unsolved problem. The puzzle of The Ring ; Objectivity in interpretation ; Comprehensiveness in musico-dramatic analysis -- The text and the sources. The nature of the text ; The nature of the sources -- The Rhinegold [Das Rheingold]. Scene 1 ; Scene 2: The gods ; Scene 2: The action ; Scene 3 ; Scene 4 -- First summing-up -- The Valkyrie [Die Walkure]. Act 1 ; Act 2 ; Act 3. |
| Abstract | Wagner's Ring has baffled and confused critics because of the highly complex meaning of its text and music. The diverse range of commentaries written on the subject since the first performance over one hundred years ago reveals just how little critics have understood The Ring. The author displays his masterly common sense in this study of how and why The Ring took the shape it did. This volume represents only a portion of the enormous book he had planned--his untimely death prevented him from writing a full analysis of the music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-355) and index. |
| LCCN | 79310812 |
| ISBN | 0193153181 : |