The Perfect Wagnerite Shaw George Bernard
The Perfect Wagnerite Shaw George Bernard G. B. A tremendously accomplished dramatist himself, Shaw seemed perfectly poised to turn his critical eye on Wagner's 19th century masterpiece. Shaw…
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The Perfect Wagnerite Shaw George Bernard
G. B. A tremendously accomplished dramatist himself, Shaw seemed perfectly poised to turn his critical eye on Wagner's 19th century masterpiece. Shaw (1856-1950) wrote "The Perfect Wagnerite" as a philosophical examination of Richard Wagner's epic four-opera cycle, "Der Ring des Nibelungen" ("The Ring of the Nibelung").
A work of such ambition takes much unpacking, and so Shaw offers us his critique. Wagner completed "The Ring" in 1853, after decades of effort. In his preface, Shaw writes, "All I pretend to do in this book is to impart the ideas which are most likely to be lacking in the conventional Englishman's equipment...
I venture to add my commentary to what has already been written by musicians who are no revolutionists, and revolutionists who are no musicians". And economic revolution is precisely what G. B. Shaw sees in this opera.
Wagner wrote "The Ring" as a young political
Pygmalion - Shaw George Bernard
Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw
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