The author is a noted musicologist, performer, and writer, known for his book Wagner's Ring and Its Symbols, and for his reference work The Interpretation of Early Music. In this book, he discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. Only in this way, claims the author, can we be faithful to the conscious or unconscious symbolism invested in the work by the composer and librettist.
Robert Donington Book order (chronological)
May 4, 1907 – January 20, 1990
String playing in Baroque music
- 126 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Book by Donington, Robert
Wagner's "Ring" and its symbols : the music and the myth
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
This book is about the poetical and musical symbols in Wagner's ring; and what Wagner brought, with all the suggestive artistry at his disposal, into symbolical and artistic consciousness, I as critic am trying to bring some small stage further on towards intellectual and analytical consciousness.