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Wagner's Melodies: Aesthetics and Materialism in German Musical Identity

David Trippett
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Description:Since the 1840s, critics have lambasted Wagner for lacking the ability to compose melody. But for him, melody was fundamental 'music's only form'. This incongruity testifies to the surprising difficulties during the nineteenth century of conceptualizing melody. Despite its indispensable place in opera, contemporary theorists were unable even to agree on a definition for it. In Wagner's Melodies, David Trippett re-examines Wagner's central aesthetic claims, placing the composer's ideas about melody in the context of the scientific discourse of his age: from the emergence of the natural sciences and historical linguistics to sources about music's stimulation of the body and inventions for 'automatic' composition. Interweaving a rich variety of material from the history of science, music theory, music criticism, private correspondence and court reports, Trippett uncovers a new and controversial discourse that placed melody at the apex of artistic self-consciousness and generated problems of urgent dimensions for German music aesthetics.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wagner's Melodies: Aesthetics and Materialism in German Musical Identity. To get started finding Wagner's Melodies: Aesthetics and Materialism in German Musical Identity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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David Trippett
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Description: Since the 1840s, critics have lambasted Wagner for lacking the ability to compose melody. But for him, melody was fundamental 'music's only form'. This incongruity testifies to the surprising difficulties during the nineteenth century of conceptualizing melody. Despite its indispensable place in opera, contemporary theorists were unable even to agree on a definition for it. In Wagner's Melodies, David Trippett re-examines Wagner's central aesthetic claims, placing the composer's ideas about melody in the context of the scientific discourse of his age: from the emergence of the natural sciences and historical linguistics to sources about music's stimulation of the body and inventions for 'automatic' composition. Interweaving a rich variety of material from the history of science, music theory, music criticism, private correspondence and court reports, Trippett uncovers a new and controversial discourse that placed melody at the apex of artistic self-consciousness and generated problems of urgent dimensions for German music aesthetics.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wagner's Melodies: Aesthetics and Materialism in German Musical Identity. To get started finding Wagner's Melodies: Aesthetics and Materialism in German Musical Identity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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