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Richard Wagner (Hardcover)
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Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the
Nibelung, Richard Wagner (1813-83) was a conductor, librettist,
theater director, and essayist, in addition to being the composer
of some of the most enduring operatic works in history, such as The
Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, and Tristan and Isolde. Though his
influence on the development of European music is indisputable,
Wagner was also quite outspoken on the politics and culture of his
time. To befit such a dynamic figure, acclaimed biographer Martin
Geck offers here a Wagner biography unlike any other, one that
strikes a unique balance between the technical musical aspects of
Wagner's compositions and his overarching understanding of
aesthetics. There are few, if any, scholars today who know more
about Wagner and his legacy than Geck, who builds upon his
extensive research and considerable knowledge as one of the editors
of the Complete Works and the Complete Letters to offer a
distinctive appraisal of the composer and his operas. Geck explores
key ideas in Wagner's life and works, while always keeping the
music in the foreground. This year will mark the bicentennial of
Wagner's birth, and there is no better testament to the composer's
enduring influence than this fresh, vivid, and authoritative work.
Richard Wagner: A Life in Music is a landmark study of one of
music's most important figures, offering something new to opera
enthusiasts, Wagnerians, and anti-Wagnerians alike.
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