Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 08:02:02 +0200 (EET) From: Hannu Juhani Salmi <hansalmi@utu.fi> To: h-verkko@sara.cc.utu.fi Subject: Dissertation Abstracts in Music - 5
Subject: Dissertation Abstracts in Music
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> Muir, Theresa
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> The Reception of Richard Wagner in the Victorian Musical Press
> (1850-94)
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> Ph.D. Program in Musicology - CUNY
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> This examination of the reception of Richard Wagner (1813-83) in the
> contemporaneous English musical press deals with the period
> preceding the championship of Wagner in England by George Bernard
> Shaw (1856-1950) and Ernest Newman (1868-1959). The time frame also
> encompasses Wagner's dominance of European cultural life from the
> 1860's through the decade following his death. Sources indicate that
> Wagner was a figure of overwhelming significance in England, and
> that distinct forms of "Wagnerism" developed in England, influencing
> all the arts. The topic investigates influences of intense
> nationalism, religious views, the Aesthetic movement and Victorian
> "morals" on the reaction to Wagner's innovations.
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> Contemporaneous periodicals, a rich source of contact with
> historical milieux, have been neglected with regard to Wagner in
> England. This period saw an explosion of concert attendance, the
> beginnings of the study of musicology, and the recognition of the
> critic as a powerful voice in artistic interpretation. Documentation
> is therefore, abundant. A thorough explication of the contents of
> ca. 80 journals promises to show Wagner in an unprecedented light,
> along with certain other figures who were previously considered
> historical footnotes.
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