Richard Wagner and Buddhism pdf
Richard Wagner and Buddhism pdf

Richard Wagner and Buddhism by Urs App

Richard Wagner and Buddhism
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Author: Urs App
Number of Pages: 104 pages
Published Date: 24 Jun 2011
Publisher: Universitymedia
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9783906000008
File size: 30 Mb
File Name: Richard.Wagner.and.Buddhism.pdf
Download Link: Richard Wagner and Buddhism
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It is little known that Richard Wagner was among the very first Westerners to appreciate Buddhism and that he was the first major European artist to be inspired by this religion. In 1856, in the prime of his creativity, the 33-year-old artist read his first book about Buddhism. Madly in love with Mathilde Wesendonck, a beautiful but happily married woman, he conceived two deeply connected opera projects: Tristan und Isolde which he went on to compose and stage, and Die Sieger (The Victors), an opera scenario based on an Indian Buddha legend translated from Sanskrit. These two projects mirrored Wagner's burning desire for the consummation of his love and the necessity of renunciation. This Buddhist opera project occupied Wagner's mind for decades until his death in 1883. Indeed, the composer's last words were about the Buddha figure of his scenario and his relationship with women. Urs App, the author of The Birth of Orientalism (University of Pennsylvania Press) and the world's foremost authority on the early Western reception of Buddhism, tells the story of Richard Wagner's creative encounter with Buddhism and explains the composer's last words.

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