Saul Lilienstein: Blame it on Wagner!
Wagner began stretching the tonal boundaries of music in Tristan und Isolde, and moved further towards harmonic ambiguity in the prelude to Act 3 of Parsifal. Schoenberg learned these lessons before creating atonal music; Berg followed, composing in his own unique voice.


Date
Nov 19, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Online via Zoom
Details
Maestro Lilienstein will explain how Wagner began stretching the tonal boundaries of 19th Century music throughout Tristan und Isolde, and moved further towards harmonic ambiguity in the prelude to Act 3 of Parsifal. Schoenberg learned these lessons before creating atonal music. Alban Berg learned from both while discovering his own unique voice in Wozzeck, Lulu, and other compositions. On Zoom.
Maestro Lilienstein is well-known to Wagner Society audiences, with whom he has shared his expertise on every aspect of Wagner's musical and dramatic art. Most recently, he spoke to us on "Wagner and the Dance." Earlier topics included "Wagner as Musical Craftsman," and "Wagner and Brahms: a Reexamination." Recordings of these and other lectures are available under "Past Events".