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The music of Richard Wagner, Robert Greenberg

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The music of Richard Wagner

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Robert Greenberg

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Provides an overview of the life and work of the controversial German composer Richard Wagner. The three goals of the course are to trace Wagner's artistic development through a study of his stage works, investigate Wagner as a man, and to contextualize Wagner's ideas and philosophies within his own environment, including an exploration of Wagner and the rise of German nationalism

Vol. 1. The escape from Riga -- London, Paris and Rienzi -- What to do about Germany? -- The rise of German opera -- The Flying Dutchman (parts 1 & 2) -- Dresden and Tannhäuser (parts 1 & 2)Vol. 2. Lohengrin (parts 1 & 2) -- The escape from Dresden, exile, and essays -- Tristan and Isolde (parts 1 & 2) -- Miracles -- The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (parts 1 & 2)Vol. 3. The ring (parts 1-6) -- Parsifal (parts 1 & 2)

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