Wagner's Musical Prose: Texts and Contexts

by Thomas S. Grey

Book Overview

This book is a study of the prose writings of Richard Wagner and their relevance to an understanding of his music and drama, as well as their relation to music criticism and aesthetics in the nineteenth century in general. As a by-product of Wagner's many-faceted career as musician, conductor, cultural critic and controversial ideologue, the writings are documents of undisputed interpretative value. This study focuses on Wagner's words on music, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521033195
• ISBN13: 9780521033190
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"