TY  - GEN
T1  - Theology of Wagner's Ring cycle I : the genesis and development of the tetralogy and the appropriation of sources, artists, philosophers, and theologians.
A1  - BELL, RICHARD H., JR
LA  - English
PP  - S.l.
PB  - JAMES CLARKE & CO LTD
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1262553598
AB  - Wagner's Ring is one of the greatest of all artworks of Western civilization, but what is it all about? The power and mystery of Wagner's creation was such that he himself felt he stood before his work "as though before some puzzle." A clue to the Ring's greatness lies in its multiple avenues of self-disclosure and the corresponding plethora of interpretations that over the years has granted ample scope for directors and will no doubt do so well into the distant future. One possible interpretation, which Richard Bell argues should be taken seriously, is the Ring as Christian theology. In this first of two volumes, Bell considers, among other things, how the composer's Christian interests may be detected in the "forging" of his Ring, looking at how he appropriated his sources (whether they be myths and sagas, writers, poets, or philosophers) and considering works composed around the same time, especially his Jesus of Nazareth.
CN  - ML410.W15 B45 2021eb
SN  - 9780227907467
SN  - 0227907469
SN  - 0227177479
SN  - 9780227177471
KW  - Wagner, Richard, : 1813-1883. : Ring des Nibelungen.
KW  - Wagner, Richard, : 1813-1883 : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Wagner, Richard, : 1813-1883 : Religion.
KW  - Wagner, Richard, : 1813-1883
KW  - Ring des Nibelungen (Wagner, Richard)
KW  - Music : Religious aspects.
KW  - Musique : Aspect religieux.
KW  - RELIGION.
KW  - Music : Religious aspects
KW  - Religion
KW  - Music
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -