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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The German poet Mathilde Wesendonck (1828-1902), author of the
texts of the Wesendonck Lieder, was the wife of Wagner's patron,
the wealthy silk merchant Otto Wesendonck. From 1852 until 1858,
the Wagners lived next to the Wesendoncks in Zurich and an intense
relationship developed between Wagner and Mathilde, subsequently
reflected in the impossible love at the heart of his opera Tristan
und Isolde. Prepared by the American musicologist Gustav Kobbe
(1857-1918), who provides a helpful connecting narrative, this 1905
translation of a selection of 'the most intimate and striking' of
Wagner's impassioned letters to Mathilde charts the course of the
opera's creation. Written between 1853 and 1863, the letters show
Wagner thinking aloud not only about Tristan but also the planning
of Parsifal. As Mathilde's letters to Wagner were destroyed, the
exact nature of their relationship and of her inspiration musically
will never be fully established.
Kobbe immerses into the love lives of seven great composers and
gives us some interesting details about the relationships between
Mozart and his wife Constance, Beethoven and Therese Brunswick,
Felix and Cecile Mendelssohn, Chopin and the Countess Delphine
Potocka, Robert and Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt and his Caroline
and Richard and Cosima Wagner. His descriptions are as informative
as entertaining and will inspire cultural historians, music critics
and romatics in equal measure. Reprint of the original edition from
1905 with various illustrations.
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