„…Because I am longing for Don Juan and Fidelio!” (On the music critisism of Jenő Péterfy) Cover Image

"...Mert a Don Juanra és a Fidelióra vágyom!" (Péterfy Jenő zenekritikái)
„…Because I am longing for Don Juan and Fidelio!” (On the music critisism of Jenő Péterfy)

Author(s): Sándor Bazsányi
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Jelenkor Alapítvány
Keywords: Péterfy Jenő; musical-critical works; interpretations of Wagner; opera

Summary/Abstract: „What is then the common chapter of language??? of Wagnerian music and the music-criticism by Péterfy?” Jenő Péterfy (1850-1899) is one of the most important figures of Hungarian history of criticism. The present writing analyses the collection of his musical-critical works, focusing in the first place on his interpretations of Wagner, that is, his writings created at the 1889 Pest premiers of The Treasure of the Rhine and the Walküren.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 298-308
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian