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The Perfect Wagnerite

The Perfect Wagnerite

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Number of Chapters: 11

Length: 4 hours and 46 minutes

Language: English

The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring (originally published London, 1898) is a philosophical commentary on Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, by the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. Shaw offered it to those enthusiastic admirers of Wagner who "were unable to follow his ideas, and do not in the least understand the dilemma of Wotan." He interprets the Ring in Marxian terms as an allegory of the collapse of capitalism from its internal contradictions. Musicologically, his interpretation is noteworthy for its perception of the change in aesthetic direction beginning with the final scene of Siegfried, in which he claimed that the cycle turns from Musikdrama back towards opera. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

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Prefaces/Preliminary Encouragements (Bob Neufeld)
The Ring of the Niblungs/The Rhine Gold (Bob Neufeld)
Wagner as Revolutionist (Bob Neufeld)
The Valkyries (Bob Neufeld)
Siegfried (Bob Neufeld)
Back To Opera Again - Siegfried Concluded (Bob Neufeld)
Night Falls On The Gods (Bob Neufeld)
Forgotten Ere Finished/Why He Changed His Mind (Bob Neufeld)
Wagner's Own Explanation/The Pessimist As Amorist (Bob Neufeld)
The Music of The Ring (Bob Neufeld)
Bayreuth/Wagnerian Singers (Bob Neufeld)
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