Kundry and the Jewish Voice: Anti-antisemitism and Musical Transcendence in Wagner’s Parsifal
Kundry, the only female character in Richard Wagner’s last opera, Parsifal (1882), is also the only character to make an overwhelming impression with the raw power and extreme versatility of her singing voice. Binder explores some pertinent aspects of Wagner’s anti-Semitic ideology in order to set...
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| Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2009-04-01
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| Series: | Current Musicology |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5153 |