{"product_id":"beyond-reason-wagner-contra-nietzsche-9780520409255","title":"Beyond Reason: Wagner Contra Nietzsche","description":"\u003ci\u003eBeyond Reason\u003c\/i\u003e relates Wagner's works to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, centering on the four music dramas he created in the second half of his career: \u003ci\u003e Der Ring des Nibelungen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTristan und Isolde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDie Meistersinger von N?rnberg\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParsifal\u003c\/i\u003e. Karol Berger seeks to penetrate the \"secret\" of large-scale form in Wagner's music dramas and to answer those critics, most prominently Nietzsche, who condemned Wagner for his putative inability to weld small expressive gestures into larger wholes. Organized by individual opera, this is essential reading for both musicologists and Wagner experts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarol Berger \u003c\/b\u003eis Osgood Hooker Professor in Fine Arts, Emeritus, Department of Music, Stanford University. His award-winning books include \u003ci\u003eMusica Ficta\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Art\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBach's Cycle, Mozart's Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911496175890,"sku":"9780520409255","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f404e565-844e-44a4-a446-e30fcf4e969a.jpg?v=1738745332","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beyond-reason-wagner-contra-nietzsche-9780520409255","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}