Book contents
- Wagner in Context
- Composers in Context
- Wagner in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Musical Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I Place
- Chapter 1 Paris
- Chapter 2 Dresden
- Chapter 3 Zurich and Lucerne
- Chapter 4 Italy
- Chapter 5 London
- Chapter 6 Bayreuth as City: A Wagnerian Chronology
- Chapter 7 America
- Chapter 8 Spain in the Cosmos of Richard Wagner
- II People
- III Politics, Ideas, and Bodies
- IV Life, Language, and the Ancient World
- V Music and Performance
- VI Reception
- Further Reading
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 4 - Italy
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2024
- Wagner in Context
- Composers in Context
- Wagner in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Musical Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I Place
- Chapter 1 Paris
- Chapter 2 Dresden
- Chapter 3 Zurich and Lucerne
- Chapter 4 Italy
- Chapter 5 London
- Chapter 6 Bayreuth as City: A Wagnerian Chronology
- Chapter 7 America
- Chapter 8 Spain in the Cosmos of Richard Wagner
- II People
- III Politics, Ideas, and Bodies
- IV Life, Language, and the Ancient World
- V Music and Performance
- VI Reception
- Further Reading
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Wagner’s relation to Italy and Italian culture has been explored numerous times in relation to his criticisms of Italian opera, where potential reinterpretations of this starkly negative assessment sit alongside analytical readings of Italianate style in certain works. This chapter moves past that tradition, situating biographical and familial contexts for Wagner’s stated dislike of Rossinian opera alongside his deep attachment to Venice, and the progressive importance his works acquired within Italy, evidenced by commercial interests that paired locomotive travel with tours of Lohengrin, Rienzi, and the Ring and the Wagnerian characters that formed advertising emblems for the Liebig meat company.
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- Wagner in Context , pp. 40 - 48Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024