{"product_id":"gotterdammerung-in-full-score-paperback","title":"Götterdämmerung in Full Score - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelding literary, philosophical, and political -- as well as musical -- influences in his works, Richard Wagner (1813-83) brought the expressive power of German romantic opera to new heights -- indeed, his music was its crowning glory. George Bernard Shaw, a critic not given to hyperbole, acknowledged Wagner's preeminent status in \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Wagnerite\u003c\/i\u003e: \"He was the summit of the nineteenth-century school of dramatic music.\"\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDer Ring des Nibelungen, \u003c\/i\u003e Wagner drew on a medieval German epic, the \u003ci\u003eNibelungenlied, \u003c\/i\u003e and Norse mythology to create a new synthesis of music and drama on the largest scale. Of the four works in the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e cycle, \u003ci\u003eGötterdämmerung\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the grandest and most sweeping of all. Although it is the final work in the series, the opera was actually first sketched out by Wagner in 1848, under the title \u003ci\u003eSiegfrieds Tod.\u003c\/i\u003e As it turned out, dramaturgic difficulties forced the composer to expand the tragedy of Siegfried into the four-part \u003ci\u003eRing.\u003c\/i\u003e In 1851 he amplified \u003ci\u003eSiegfrieds Tod\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eDer junge Siegfried\u003c\/i\u003e (later \u003ci\u003eSiegfried\u003c\/i\u003e), and the following year wrote the texts of \u003ci\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDas Rheingold.\u003c\/i\u003e In effect, the text of the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e cycle was written in reverse order.\u003cbr\u003eWagner began composing the musical drafts of \u003ci\u003eGötterdämmerung\u003c\/i\u003e in 1869. Five years later, the work was complete -- the capstone of an epic masterpiece that aroused near-religious fervor among its devotees. Shaw opined of the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e as a whole: \"The musical fabric is enormously elaborate and gorgeous,\" while \u003ci\u003eGrove's Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e offers this comment on the special appeal of \u003ci\u003eGötterdämmerung\u003c\/i\u003e: \"It is in the epic and reflective passages of \u003ci\u003eGötterdämmerung, \u003c\/i\u003e the narratives and orchestral epic of the Funeral March, that there unfurls that 'associative magic' praised so highly by Thomas Mann.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGötterdämmerung\u003c\/i\u003e has never been available in the United States in full operatic score -- until now. Reprinted directly from the rare 1877 first edition, this is the score that Wagner himself approved with the instrumentation he intended. Except for the original title page, the German-language front matter has been omitted in this edition for reasons of space and replaced by an English translation.\u003cbr\u003eNew admirers of Wagner, opera enthusiasts, and all music lovers can savor the full heroic impact of this majestic musical achievement in Dover's characteristically inexpensive, superbly produced edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposer and conductor Richard Wagner (1813-83) is best known for his four-opera classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Ring.\u003c\/i\u003e Unlike most other composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his operas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.33 x 12.2 x 9.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1982\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756111757600,"sku":"9780486242507","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5511670739742e89629dfc06e12fc404.webp?v=1780074522","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gotterdammerung-in-full-score-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}