The Passion of the Passacaille: Ravel, Wagner, Parsifal

Autor: Michael J. Puri
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Cambridge Opera Journal. 25:285-318
ISSN: 1474-0621
0954-5867
DOI: 10.1017/s095458671300013x
Popis: Long considered to lie ‘light years’ apart, Ravel and Wagner actually have multiple points of contact. Several appear in the comments Ravel made about the German composer in his articles, interviews and correspondence. Another is a previously unrecognised allusion to Parsifal in the Passacaille of Ravel's Trio (1914), which he composed shortly after writing a review of the opera's premiere in Paris. Additional Wagnerisms can be located in Daphnis et Chloé (1909–12) and L'Enfant et les sortilèges (1920–5). More broadly, Wagner plays a central role in the ‘decadent dialectics’ of Ravel's style.
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