Family Letters of Richard Wagner
Family Letters of Richard Wagner

Author: Richard Wagner

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9780472102921

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A new, expanded edition of Richard Wagner's letters to his family.

Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner

Author: Michael Saffle

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780824056957

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Acknowledgements To Users of this Research Guide I. Introduction II. Introducing Wagner: Compendia and Other Survey Studies III. Researching Wagner: Reference Works of Various Kinds IV. The Documentary Legacy V. Wagner's Life and Character VI. Wagner as Composer: Studies in Techniques, Styles, and Influences VII. Wagner as Music-Dramatist VIII. Wagner as Instrumental and Vocal Composer and Arranger IX. Performing Wagner X. Wagner as Poet, Prose Writer, and Philosopher XI. Criticizing Wagner XII. Wagner and Culture, Past and Present XIII. After Wagner: Bayreuth, the Festivals, and Wagner's Descendents Index

Wagner
Wagner

Author: Barry Millington

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1992-11-19

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0691027226

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Wagner is one of the most controversial of composers, and much that has been written about him--including his autobiography--is misleading. Barry Millington draws on the best previous scholarship and his own original research to set the record straight. The first part of this book is devoted to biography; the second, to a detailed study of the operas. Millington offers a historical review of the critical interpretation of each opera, including a discussion of recent methods of formal analysis. In this revised edition, two chapters, those on Tannhauser and Die Meistersinger, include significant new material. The bibliography has also been updated.

Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner

Author: John Louis DiGaetani

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-02

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0786445440

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This is a new biography of the German composer Richard Wagner, 200 years after his birth, re-examining his life in light of new documents and new sensibilities. Since World War II Wagner has often been wrongly associated with Adolf Hitler because Hitler liked Wagner's music and used it in Nazi propaganda. But Wagner died in 1883--fifty years before Hitler's regime. It is time to have a fresh look at Wagner's life without the Nazi associations. His life was a series of abandonments and traumas for the self-destructive but creative genius, as he tried to survive as a freelance composer in the hostile environments of 19th century Germany.