Results for "gesamtkunstwerk"

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.

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 […]

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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