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WAGNERS PARSIFAL - ROGER SCRUTON KARTONIERT (TB)

A superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner's last opera  by one of Britain's
leading intellectuals   Wagner'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. The 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. His 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.  This 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. There are few writers who can so enhance our
understanding of one of the greatest works in western music.

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