Dr. Roger Scruton introduces Paul Heise’s quest to grasp the conceptual unity of Richard Wagner’s music-drama, The Ring of the Nibelung, at www.wagnerheim.com, where Mr. Heise has made it available free so that it can be read in its entirety. This is an effort to grasp Wagner’s tetralogy as a whole (libretto text, plot, and music) in the literature. Its central argument is that Wagner’s gigantic tetralogy is an allegory representing the conflict between man’s quest for power through acquisition of objective knowledge, and man’s counter-impulse to affirm his transcendent value in religion, morality, and art.
The Wagner Society Zoom Events July 2021 • 7th July: Richard Jones in conversation with Christopher Cook • 14th July: The Met Database, with Jeffery McMillan Events cost £5 to all members (including all non-UK Wagner Societies), £10 for non-members (refundable on joining) and free for students/under 30s. Please book here: https://wagnersociety.org
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