Wagner and Russia

by Rosamund Bartlett

Book Overview

This book explores the immense influence of the composer Richard Wagner on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian writers, musicians and artists. It contains a history of the production of Wagner's works in Russia and the Soviet Union (by directors including Meyerhold and Eisenstein), an account of Wagner's visit to Russia in 1863, and a detailed investigation of the impact of his music and ideas on the Russian Modernist movement. The last two...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521035821
• ISBN13: 9780521035828
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"