Mimomania: Music and Gesture in Nineteenth-Century Opera (California Studies in 19th Century Music)

by M A Smart (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $41.29

  When Nietzsche dubbed Richard Wagner 'the most enthusiastic mimomaniac' ever to exist, he was objecting to a hollowness he felt in the music, a crowding out of any true dramatic impulse by extravagant poses and constant nervous movements. This book takes his accusation as an invitation to listen to Wagner's music.