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Richard Wagner - My Life (Book, Revised)
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Richard Wagner - My Life (Book, Revised)
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This reprint is of the first English paperback edition of Richard
Wagner's autobiography. This is a primary document of enormous
importance for all Wagner enthusiasts, being virtually the sole
source of information of the composer's childhood and youth.
Written for Wagner's second wife, Cosima, and his patron, King
Ludwig II, the autobiography runs from the composer's birth up to
the eve of his fifty-first birthday in 1864. Given the intended
readership and the circumstances of its composition it is hardly
surprising that Wagner should either omit or distort facts from
time to time: he does not linger over previous affairs, he portrays
his relationship with his first wife, Minna, as a good deal more
distant than it really was and he plays down his involvement in the
Dresden uprising of 1849. Despite all this, the book presents a
panoramic view of Wagner's times and contemporaries and offers a
unique perspective on the operas themselves. This translation is of
the complete edition published in Munich in 1963 and based on the
manuscript in the Wagner Archives in Bayreuth. Wagner's slips of
memory are noted, as are references to obscure names and events.
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