{"product_id":"swann-s-way-richard-laing-is-impressed-though-very-nearly-defeated-by-a-mammoth-study-of-leitmotifs-in-the-ring","title":"Swann’s Way: Richard Laing is impressed though very nearly defeated by a mammoth study of leitmotifs in the ‘Ring’","description":"\u003cp\u003eReview of Jeffrey Swann, \u003cem\u003eThe Music of the ‘Ring’: A Comprehensive Study of the Leitmotives and How They are Used in ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ \u003c\/em\u003e(The Wagner Society of Washington DC, 2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thewagnerjournal.co.uk\/products\/the-wagner-journal-july-2026-volume-20-number-2?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard\u0026amp;utm_medium=product-links\u0026amp;utm_content=web\"\u003eJuly 2026, Volume 20, Number 2\u003c\/a\u003e, 94–6.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eProust famously found that the taste of a madeleine unlocked a maze of memories. A plethora of connections is found, too, in the \u003cem\u003eRing\u003c\/em\u003e, with simple musical ideas developed again and again to open almost unimaginably large musical and dramatic vistas for an attentive audience. Jeffrey Swann has spent decades analysing Wagner’s music, literally cutting up dozens of vocal scores in the process and reassembling them into a massive motivic mosaic for this weighty book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Wagner Journal","offers":[{"title":"Individual","offer_id":54364978118998,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Institution","offer_id":54364978151766,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thewagnerjournal.co.uk\/products\/swann-s-way-richard-laing-is-impressed-though-very-nearly-defeated-by-a-mammoth-study-of-leitmotifs-in-the-ring","provider":"The Wagner Journal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}