The Perfect Wagnerite

by George Bernard Shaw

Book Overview

As a commentator on music and music critics, Bernard Shaw was experienced and knowledgeable, strongly opinionated, and, as in all his writing, unsurpassed for brilliance and wit. The reader will find that this commentary on the cycle of four Wagner operas known as The Ring contains all these characteristics: it is enlightening and provocative, and it makes very entertaining reading.
Shaw was firm Wagner partisan, and in the book he enthusiastically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486217078
• ISBN13: 9780486217079
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"