Presents case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtwängler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world ofmoney and politics.
Presents case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtwängler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world ofmoney and politics.
Chris Walton studied at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Zurich and Munich. He was head of the Music Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich for ten years before being appointed chair of music at the University of Pretoria. He moved back to Switzerland in 2008 and lives today in Solothurn. He is an Honorary Professor at Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University) and runs two research projects at the Bern University of the Arts for the Swiss National Science Foundation. He has published widely on Austro-German and Swiss music.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Richard Wagner's Dynastic Dreams Gustav Mahler's Resurrection and the Apostolic Succession Of Forked Tongues and Angels: Alban Berg's Violin Concerto Wilhelm Fürtwangler and the Return of the Muse Here Comes the Sunset: The Late and the Last Works of Richard Strauss Postlude: The Telephone Call Notes Bibliography Index
Introduction Richard Wagner's Dynastic Dreams Gustav Mahler's Resurrection and the Apostolic Succession Of Forked Tongues and Angels: Alban Berg's Violin Concerto Wilhelm Fürtwangler and the Return of the Muse Here Comes the Sunset: The Late and the Last Works of Richard Strauss Postlude: The Telephone Call Notes Bibliography Index
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