Music Drama and the End of History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4850320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael P Steinberg (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Issue | 69 |
| Pages | 163 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/488613 |
| OpenAlex | W2329545747 |
| Language | EN |
This essay is about Parsifal. It is about Amfortas's wound, the efforts to close it, and the meaning of the claim that it has finally been closed. That closure involves also the closure of music drama, the redemption of Wagnerian form now raised to the level of pure ideology. The essay's three-part argument involves the identification of three claims of cultural resolution and their internal contradictions. These claims I
Aesthetics · Art · Drama · Literature · Literature, Musicology, and Cultural Analysis · Musicology and Musical Analysis
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |