| Type of Document |
Treatise |
| Author |
Smithey, David Bret
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| Author's Email Address |
bretsmithey@bellsouth.net |
| URN |
etd-04062006-000228 |
| Title |
The Scars of Yggdrasill: Acomparative Study of the Conflict Between Selected Familial Relationships and the Will to Power in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen |
| Degree |
Doctor of Musical Arts |
| Department |
Music, College of |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Douglas Fisher |
Committee Chair |
| Jerrold Pope |
Committee Member |
| Matthew Lata |
Committee Member |
| Seth Beckman |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
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| Date of Defense |
2006-03-28 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore the conflict between power, politics and family relationships in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Selected familial relationships between characters will be analyzed using various method , including Jungian analysis, comparative mythology and musical analysis. The project will attempt to show that intepretations of the Ring have not given enough attention to the tension and paradoxes inherent in family relationships in Wagner's tetralogy and will provide for a more human understanding of the cycle.
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