The Perfect Wagnerite
by George Bernard Shaw
Book Summary Information
Author: George Bernard ShawEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1967-06-01
ISBN: 0486217078
Number of pages: 136
Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Reviews of The Perfect Wagnerite
Book Review: A shining example of Shaw's art of musical criticism
Summary: 4 Stars
About twenty years ago, the BBC World Service introduced me to readings from G. B. Shaw's musical criticisms. The readings showed me that critique is as much an art as the subject of the critique. This pamphlet is a shining example of Shaw's art of criticism. Shaw presents the story, he gives some musical analysis, but most of all he presents the "Ring" in a philosophical and politcal slant that only Shaw could do. I suspect that the philosophy and politics are more Shaw's than Wagner's. Great for thosw who like Wagner and G.B.Shaw. Good for someone new to Der Ring des Nibelungen.
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