{"product_id":"9780141991665","title":"Wagner's Parsifal : The Music of Redemption","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Scruton, Roger, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 25\/03\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 208 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Opera, Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians \u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141991665\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eA superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner's last opera, by one of Britain's leading intellectuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWagner's last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the 'pure fool, knowing through compassion', who has been called to rescue the Kingdom of the Grail from the sins that have polluted it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Grail is a symbol of purity in a world of lust and power, but although Parsifal is the culmination of Wagner's life-long obsession with the religious frame of mind, the redemption sought by his characters is far from the Christian archetype. For Wagner, redemption occurs in this life, when compassion prevails over enslavement, and purity replaces spiritual pollution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis music here ties together suffering and contrition, sin and forgiveness, downfall and redemption in an inextricable knot, healing the fractures and uniting the warring elements in human life in a way that is clear, convincing and uncanny. More than any other of his works, Parsifal expresses in music a depth of feeling for which we do not have words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis short but penetrating book, by a writer who was uniquely both a leading philosopher and musicologist, shows us how Wagner achieves this profound work, explaining the story, its musical ideas, and their coming together into a sublime whole which gives us the musical equivalent of forgiveness and closure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are few writers who can so enhance our understanding of one of the greatest works in western music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39546562052249,"sku":"9780141991665","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780141991665.jpg?v=1616428541","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780141991665","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}