Richard Wagner etait un compositeur de musique qui aurait voulu, dans sa jeunesse, etre Shakespeare avant d'etre Beethoven. Ce livre regroupe ses uvres litteraires (des nouvelles) evoquant la musique et la vie d'un musicien."

La vie d'un musicien

The Richard Wagner Complete Edition presents the composer's entire output for the first time in a reliable form. The conductor Michael Balling, in the early years of the 20th century, attempted to make Wagner's work more accessible for research and performance, but the edition only reached 10 volumes - some with grave shortcomings - and was discontinued after Balling's death in 1925. A further attempt at a complete edition by Otto Strobel was abandoned at the preliminary stages. This third attempt at a complete edition will be the first scholarly, critical edition, based on an evaluation of all the accessible source materials and the latest findings of serious Wagner research. As the edition is also intended for practical performance, the musical text has been kept free of philological insertions ; these are listed in the appendices of each volume in the Critical Commentary. Numerous, partly unpublished works - some relatively unknown - and variant versions are published here for the first time. The edition presents authentic texts for Wagner specialists and researchers and critically based performing materials. Contrary to widely held opinions, even the well-known works of Wagner are not necessarily available in reliable editions. The genesis, history and performances directed by Wagner himself are extensively documented so as to present as complete an image as possible of Wagner's compositional intentions.

Bearbeitungen - Klavierauszug zu "Tannhäuser". Partition et notes critiques.

Échappant à la tutelle du nain Mime, Siegfried a reforgé Nothung, l'épée de son père Siegmund, et s'enfonce dans la forêt à la recherche du dragon Fafner, gardien de l'anneau magique. Guidé par l'Oiseau, il le trouve, le tue et s'empare de l'anneau. Il tue aussi Mime qui cherchait à l'empoisonner, et désarme Wotan qui voulait l'empêcher d'arriver jusqu'à Brünnhilde endormie, protégée par un mur de feu. Siegfried, qui ne connaît pas la peur, passe à travers les flammes et va réveiller d'un baiser la Walkyrie déchue...

Siegfried

Le Crépuscule des Dieux (L'avant Scène Opéra, #230)

The Richard Wagner Complete Edition presents the composer's entire output for the first time in a reliable form. The conductor Michael Balling, in the early years of the 20th century, attempted to make Wagner's work more accessible for research and performance, but the edition only reached 10 volumes - some with grave shortcomings - and was discontinued after Balling's death in 1925. A further attempt at a complete edition by Otto Strobel was abandoned at the preliminary stages. This third attempt at a complete edition will be the first scholarly, critical edition, based on an evaluation of all the accessible source materials and the latest findings of serious Wagner research. As the edition is also intended for practical performance, the musical text has been kept free of philological insertions ; these are listed in the appendices of each volume in the Critical Commentary. Numerous, partly unpublished works - some relatively unknown - and variant versions are published here for the first time. The edition presents authentic texts for Wagner specialists and researchers and critically based performing materials. Contrary to widely held opinions, even the well-known works of Wagner are not necessarily available in reliable editions. The genesis, history and performances directed by Wagner himself are extensively documented so as to present as complete an image as possible of Wagner's compositional intentions. Instrumentation : Orchestra

Orchestral works - Orchestra. Partition et notes critiques.

Les Wesendonck-Lieder sont composés en 1857-1858 dans un exceptionnel moment d'effervescence créative, de recherche musicale et culturelle et de passion amoureuse pour Richard Wagner. Ils constituent une oeuvre-clé du compositeur, le cycle étant souvent qualifié de laboratoire musical de Tristan et Isolde. Partant de la partition originale pour chant et piano, de l'orchestration réalisée par Wagner du cinquième des lieder, nous proposons ici une version des Wesendonck-Lieder pour voix, quatuor à cordes et piano. Nous souhaitons mettre en valeur la structure de la composition de Wagner comme le texte de Mathilde Wesendonck. Concernant la structure des lieder, nous mettons en évidence la circulation et les échanges de motifs, mais aussi les parties intermédiaires. La magnifique version de Siegfried Idyll pour treize instruments de Wagner constitue à notre sens une incitation à aller vers une conception chambriste. Du point de vue du texte, nous soulignons les changements de climat d'une strophe à l'autre et n'hésitons pas à inclure des figuralismes instrumentaux (par exemple la montée du violoncelle à la fin du premier lied, "Der Engel" , figurant l'ange enlevant le personnage).

Wesendonck-Lieder (conducteur) - partition pour voix, quatuor à cordes et piano

En parlant ainsi, il remplit de nouveau les verres, et nous les vidâmes jusqu'à la dernière goutte.

Une soirée heureuse

This book, a comprehensive introduction to Richard Wagner's opera 'The Valkyrie', the first evening of the tetralogy 'The Nibelung's Ring', contains the complete libretto with numerous music examples. Kurt Pahlen comments on the work with music-related references as well explanations on the external and internal plot. A summary of the plot and a brief outline of the genesis bring 'The Valkyrie' into relation with the composer's entire oeuvre and his life, thus providing comprehensive, richly illustrated information on this music drama. WWV 86 B

La vie d'un musicien

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