Publication Date
2021
Document Type
Bibliography
Organizational Units
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Lamont School of Music, Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Keywords
Philosophy, Opera, Richard Wagner
Abstract
This bibliography analyzes the multiple effects of the philosophers Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche on the works of Richard Wagner. By analyzing the contradictions of these philosophers and the different manifestations of their ideas in the different works of Wagner, it is easy to see which philosopher held the greatest hold on Wagner at a certain time. Wagner marries the philosophies of Hegel and Schopenhauer despite the fact they considered themselves to be on polar opposites of the philosophical spectrum. However, asceticism and a quest for purity ultimately seem to be the driving forces behind Wagner’s operas and depictions of women in his operas.
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Recommended Citation
Shanley, Aoife, "The Evolving Philosophical Stance of Richard Wagner and the Effects on His Female Characters from Senta to Kundry" (2021). Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship. 95.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/musicology_student/95