Francis Hueffer (1843-1889) was music critic for The Times from
1878 to 1889 and was also secretary of the Wagner Society founded
in 1873. This 1874 book, much of it originally published in the
Fortnightly Review, considers Wagner's role in the musical
developments of the nineteenth century that followed the watershed
of Beethoven's ninth symphony. It is one of the first works in
English to explore the nature of Wagner's genius, and builds on an
essay published by the author in The Academy about Wagner's own
pamphlet on Beethoven. Hueffer's analysis of the formation of
Wagner's artistic values and musical philosophy as embodied in his
writings and music dramas is complemented by discussion of the
songs of Schubert, Schumann and Liszt. The appendix provides an
account of the performance of Beethoven's ninth which Wagner
conducted at Bayreuth in 1872, and the laying of the foundation
stone of the Festspielhaus.
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