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I Saw the World End: A Study of Wagner's Ring

by Deryck Cooke

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Wagner''s Ring is a great masterpiece. But because of the work''s rich complexity it is difficult to think sensibly about its text and music. Deryck Cooke, author of The Language of Music and completer of Mahler''s Tenth Symphony, displays his master... Read more
Wagner''s Ring is a great masterpiece. But because of the work''s rich complexity it is difficult to think sensibly about its text and music. Deryck Cooke, author of The Language of Music and completer of Mahler''s Tenth Symphony, displays his masterly common sense in this study of how and whyThe Ring took the shape it did. It is only a portion of the enormous book he had planned: his untimely death prevented his writing an analysis of the music. But it covers the first two operas of the cycle (Rheingold and The Valkyrie) and even as it stands gives a fresh understanding and appreciationto every lover of Wagner''s music. Less

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File size8.5 X 5.43 X 0.87 in
Print pages368
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date April 30, 1999
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780193153189
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