{"product_id":"beyond-reason-wagner-contra-nietzsche-paperback","title":"Beyond Reason: Wagner Contra Nietzsche - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarol Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Reason\u003c\/i\u003e relates Wagner's works to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, centering on the four music dramas he created in the second half of his career: \u003ci\u003e Der Ring des Nibelungen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTristan und Isolde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDie Meistersinger von N?rnberg\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParsifal\u003c\/i\u003e. Karol Berger seeks to penetrate the \"secret\" of large-scale form in Wagner's music dramas and to answer those critics, most prominently Nietzsche, who condemned Wagner for his putative inability to weld small expressive gestures into larger wholes. Organized by individual opera, this is essential reading for both musicologists and Wagner experts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study is Wagnerian in its ambition and achievement. Karol Berger makes several astonishing claims: Wagnerians from Nietzsche through Dahlhaus have misunderstood the musical forms; Wagner derived his forms from Italian operatic models; and Nietzsche was wrong about the ideological import of the music dramas. Revisionist history at its very best.--Christopher Alan Reynolds, author of \u003ci\u003eWagner, Schumann, and the Lessons of Beethoven's Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"For the first time in decades, Karol Berger is going back to the fundamental question of musical and compositional dramaturgy in Wagner. Now, in opposition to the discredited work of Alfred Lorenz and the important studies of Carl Dahlhaus, he finds a way to discuss compositional dramaturgy within intellectual history--defining Nietzsche not as a counterpart of Wagner but rather Wagner as a counterpart of Nietzsche. \u003ci\u003eBeyond Reason\u003c\/i\u003e is full of new and unexpected insights, and without doubt outstanding in every respect. Highly original and intellectually brilliant, it is a milestone in Wagner research.\"--Laurenz L?tteken, Chair of Musicology at the University of Zurich and editor of \u003ci\u003eWagner-Handbuch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarol Berger \u003c\/b\u003eis Osgood Hooker Professor in Fine Arts, Emeritus, Department of Music, Stanford University. His award-winning books include \u003ci\u003eMusica Ficta\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Art\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBach's Cycle, Mozart's Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 552\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719539068991,"sku":"9780520409255","price":97.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/458453338db5f6bb2e9f037bd099fbe6.webp?v=1765085991","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/beyond-reason-wagner-contra-nietzsche-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}