1,496 words Trahndorff-by-way-of-Wagner’s concept, Gesamtkunstwerk, refers to a work of art that incorporates all of art’s mediums in its final incarnation. The word in German literally means “altogether artwork.” Wagner’s later operas are often cited as approaching the realization of this ideal, and modern cinema is often evaluated upon this concept or used as a […]
In Henderson the Rain King, the titular Eugene Henderson, despite his worldly success, is tormented by an inner voice crying out “I want, I want, I want.”
2,519 words As you can see. . . girls, music, disease, heartbreak. . . they all go together. . . About three months ago, I was asked to give one of those “four recommendations” type interviews for an eminent publication (an old buddy’s blog) in the old country.
4,445 words Why does Scruton not examine the role of Melot in Death-Devoted Heart more closely? Tristan und Isolde echoes themes from Romeo and Juliet and Othello, so it is unlikely that Wagner did not have both plays in mind when he composed his opera. The Othello theme is especially clear in the regrets expressed […]
5,223 words Sir Roger Scruton, who died of cancer on January 12th, 2020 at the age of seventy-five, wrote more than fifty books, was the editor of the conservative publication The Salisbury Review, and in his final years was briefly chairman — dismissed and subsequently reinstated — of the Conservative Government’s “Building Better, Building Beautiful […]
3,117 words Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was the most influential composer of the nineteenth century and one of the most influential composers in the history of Western art music.
2,302 words Stanisław Wyspiański Acropolis: The Wawel Plays Translated by Charles S. Kraszewski London: Glagoslav Publications, 2017 Stanisław Wyspiański was a Polish dramatist, painter, and poet and is widely regarded as the father of modern Polish theatre. He was a central figure in the Young Poland movement.
2,507 words Donna Zuckerberg Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2018 Homer The Odyssey Translated by Emily Wilson New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017
3,128 words / 20:43 To listen in a player, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save link as” or “save target as.” To subscribe to the CC podcast RSS feed, click here. When I discovered that the Slovene fascist/Communist/anarchist (depending on who you ask) band and art project Laibach was going […]
3,605 words The sounds are strange to the Western ear, but undeniably, humanly compelling — a fact borne out by the hundreds of people who flock to Seattle from far flung locales just to hear these instruments.[1]
1,693 words Hans Pfitzner Palestrina Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Rafael Kubelík Deutsche Grammophon, 1989 Hans Pfitzner’s Palestrina is one of the unsung masterpieces of twentieth-century opera.
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3,139 words Ann Sterzinger LYFE: Elektra’s Revenge, Book One Laughing Gallows Books, 2018 She never felt as good as when she got settled inside this little private world. Which wasn’t saying much.[1] Here’s a new book by Ann Sterzinger, and it’s not what you’d expect. After all, she does have a hard-won reputation as the […]
2,386 words The Road to Alt Right Artistry Since Hillary Clinton’s mention of the Alternative Right in one of her speeches, there have been countless discussions about what the Alt Right is and represents, with everyone and anyone, no matter how inappropriate, suddenly declaring they are part of the Alt Right. I think it is […]
1,737 words Mjolnir Magazine for the Creative Arts Issue 1: Blast Off David Yorkshire, editor www.mjolnir-magazine.com “Leftism is the lie writ large. In any case, the right knows that equality itself is a fabrication and can only be achieved and maintained by holding back those who strive for excellence. The opposite of equality is quality. […]
10,279 words Translated by R. G. Fowler Chapter 10 of Souvenirs et réflexions d’une Aryenne (Memories and Reflections of an Aryan Woman) “The fools scorn Me when I take on human form; My essence, supreme source of beings, escapes them.”
6,769 words A number of years ago I wrote an essay offering an interpretation of the cult TV series The Prisoner (anthologized in Summoning the Gods, published by Counter-Currents).
4,834 words Part 2 of 3 Rejecting the equal temperament and concert traditions that have dominated western music, Harry Partch adopted the pure intervals of just intonation and devised a 43-tone-to-the-octave scale,
1,880 words “Your themes — they almost always consist of even values, of half, quarter, eighth notes; they are syncopated and tied, to be sure, but nonetheless persevere in what is often a machinelike, stamping, hammering inflexibility and inelegance.
4,022 words Part 4 of 4 Wagner and National Socialist Germany Richard Wagner has long been reviled by Jews as the intellectual and spiritual precursor to Adolf Hitler who, according to William Shirer, once declared: “Whoever wants to understand National Socialist Germany must know Wagner.”[1]
53:48 / 7,483 words To listen, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.” To subscribe to our podcasts, click here. Editor’s Note: The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a lecture by Jonathan Bowden given at the 14th New Right meeting in London on April 5, […]
4,085 words Bryan Magee The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy New York: Metropolitan Books, 2000 Bryan Magee’s The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy (just Wagner and Philosophy in the UK) combines two of my favorite subjects into an informative, stimulating, and highly readable book. Creativity and critical reflection are two very different activities, and excellence […]
1,537 words Why do I write movie and television reviews from a White Nationalist perspective? It’s complicated. First and foremost, I write because I love film. I think that film is the realization of Richard Wagner’s idea of the “complete work of art”
1,085 words Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, the enfant terrible of modern or post-war German cinema, was born in 1935 of vaguely upper class stock. His father owned landed estates in Eastern Germany before the war, and his son lived in Rostock until 1945.
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426 words Translated by Andreas Faust Editor’s Note: Although the author of this article does not like Laibach as much as I do, this is just the first of several pieces occasioned by Laibach’s recent 30th anniversary. Stay tuned.
5,206 words German translation here 1. Being a man of ideas, has literature played an important role in your life? What would you say were the texts that proved key in your personal and intellectual development? And why? History and philosophy played more of a role in shaping my outlook than literature. In fact, I can’t name a single […]