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The Perfect Wagnerite by George Bernard Shaw
The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring (originally published London, 1898) is a philosophical commentary on Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, by the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. Shaw offered it to those enthusiastic admirers of Wagner who "were unable to follow his ideas, and do not in the least understand the dilemma of Wotan." He interprets the Ring in Marxian terms as an allegory of the collapse of capitalism from its internal contradictions. Musicologically, his interpretation is noteworthy for its perception of the change in aesthetic direction beginning wi...
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00 - Prefaces and Encouragements 02.01.2026 24:24
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01 - The Ring of the Niblungs/The Rhine Gold 01.01.2026 41:35
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02 - Wagner As Revolutionist 31.12.2025 14:34
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03 - The Valkyries 30.12.2025 21:42
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04 - Siegfried 29.12.2025 27:06
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05 - Back To Opera Again - Siegfried Concluded 28.12.2025 34:55
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06 - Night Falls On The Gods 27.12.2025 27:28
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07 - Forgotten Ere Finished/Why He Changed His Mind 26.12.2025 24:11
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08 - Wagner's Own Explanation/The Pessimist As Amorist 25.12.2025 17:17
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09 - The Music of The Ring 24.12.2025 39:36
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10 - Bayreuth/Wagnerian Singers 23.12.2025 13:40
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