The Perfect Wagnerite
by George Bernard Shaw
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Author: George Bernard ShawEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1967-06-01
ISBN: 0486217078
Number of pages: 136
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Review: Don't waste your money.
Summary: 3 Stars
A large portion of the book is taken up in plot synopsis of the Ring Cycle. You can get that right here on the Internet.
Another large portion is taken up in relating the plot of the Ring Cycle to political events in Wagner's own lifetime and Shaw's own lifetime. Nothing new here. Just glance at the today's newspaper and you will see that today's leaders are as greedy and corrupt and any of the parties which were fighting over the Rhine gold.
Instead of all this, I very naturally expected this book to be about--well, music! In the last few pages, Shaw finally does discuss Wagner's music. If you already know that Wagner's operas are not chopped up into arias and recitatives, and if you already know that Verdi's early operas abound with waltz accompaniments and Wagner's operas do not, then you might already know most of what Shaw tells us.
According to the publisher's notes, Shaw worked as a music critic before he worked as a playwright. I think I like him better as a playwright.
Summary of The Perfect Wagnerite
Brilliant criticism of the Ring Cycle, with provocative interpretation of politics and?economic theories behind the Ring.
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