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245 10 a| Analyzing Wagner's operas :b| Alfred Lorenz and German nationalist ideology /c| Stephen McClatchie.;

260 a| Rochester, N.Y. :b| University of Rochester Press,c| 1998.;

300 a| xiii, 262 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Eastman studies in music;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-262) and index.;

505 0 a| Chapter 1: Alfred Lorenz: the discoverer of Wagnerian form. Lorenz's life and work -- Lorenz and national socialism -- Chapter 2: Aesthetics and analysis of form at the turn of the century. The expressive aesthetic -- Musical form and analysis -- The problem of Wagner -- Chapter 3: Lorenz's aesthetics. The work of art and its form -- The Leitmotive -- The Gesamtkunstwerk -- Chapter 4: Lorenz's analytical method: the Ring analyses. The three elements of form -- Harmony -- Rhythm and meter -- Melody -- Creation of large scale structure -- Lorenz's formal types -- Periods in single forms -- Simple forms: strophic, Bogen, rondo/refrain, bar -- Potentiated forms -- Composite forms -- Periods in successive forms -- Periods in higher forms -- Chapter 5: The development of Lorenz's analytical method. The later volumes -- Evaluating Lorenz -- Chapter 6: The reception of Lorenz's analytical method. Contemporary reception in Germany -- Post-war reception in Germany -- English-language reception: Lorenz as artifact -- Chapter 7: Alfred Lorenz and German nationalist ideology.;

520 a| The work of the Wagnerian theorist and analyst Alfred Lorenz (1869-1939) has had a profound influence upon both Wagnerian scholarship and music analysis in the twentieth century, and yet it has never been properly evaluated. This book outlines the origins and development of the expressive aesthetic in writings by Wagner and others, as well as in early twentieth-century theories of musical form, and the book considers Lorenz's work and contributions in this light. It also hopes to show, to the extent possible, where the work by Lorenz acted as a sort of "musical metaphor" for German nationalist ideology during the Nazi era.;

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Analyzing Wagner's operas : Alfred Lorenz and German nationalist ideology / Stephen McClatchie.

Author/creator	McClatchie, Stephen, 1965-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 1998.
Description	xiii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Lorenz, Alfred Ottokar, 1868-1939. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Operas. Musical form.

Series	Eastman studies in music Eastman studies in music. ^A494093
Contents	Chapter 1: Alfred Lorenz: the discoverer of Wagnerian form. Lorenz's life and work -- Lorenz and national socialism -- Chapter 2: Aesthetics and analysis of form at the turn of the century. The expressive aesthetic -- Musical form and analysis -- The problem of Wagner -- Chapter 3: Lorenz's aesthetics. The work of art and its form -- The Leitmotive -- The Gesamtkunstwerk -- Chapter 4: Lorenz's analytical method: the Ring analyses. The three elements of form -- Harmony -- Rhythm and meter -- Melody -- Creation of large scale structure -- Lorenz's formal types -- Periods in single forms -- Simple forms: strophic, Bogen, rondo/refrain, bar -- Potentiated forms -- Composite forms -- Periods in successive forms -- Periods in higher forms -- Chapter 5: The development of Lorenz's analytical method. The later volumes -- Evaluating Lorenz -- Chapter 6: The reception of Lorenz's analytical method. Contemporary reception in Germany -- Post-war reception in Germany -- English-language reception: Lorenz as artifact -- Chapter 7: Alfred Lorenz and German nationalist ideology.
Abstract	The work of the Wagnerian theorist and analyst Alfred Lorenz (1869-1939) has had a profound influence upon both Wagnerian scholarship and music analysis in the twentieth century, and yet it has never been properly evaluated. This book outlines the origins and development of the expressive aesthetic in writings by Wagner and others, as well as in early twentieth-century theories of musical form, and the book considers Lorenz's work and contributions in this light. It also hopes to show, to the extent possible, where the work by Lorenz acted as a sort of "musical metaphor" for German nationalist ideology during the Nazi era.
Local note	Little-315171--305131024805W
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-262) and index.
LCCN	98028637
ISBN	1580460232 (alk. paper)

Analyzing Wagner's operas : Alfred Lorenz and German nationalist ideology / Stephen McClatchie.

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