The Life Of Richard Wagner: Volume Iv 1866–1883
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/aged. Markings: A handwritten blue ink initial "J" visible on the title page. Binding: Appears intact. No price stickers visible.
Ernest Newman's monumental four-volume biography of Richard Wagner stands as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative studies of the great German composer ever written. This fourth and final volume chronicles the last years of Wagner's life, from 1866 to his death in 1883, covering the triumphant completion and premiere of the Ring cycle at Bayreuth, the creation of Parsifal, and the complex personal and political relationships that defined his later career. Newman writes with scholarly precision and commanding narrative authority, drawing on an extraordinary breadth of primary sources, correspondence, and contemporaneous accounts to illuminate both the genius and the contradictions of one of music history's most towering figures. Rigorous yet deeply readable, this biography remains an indispensable reference for musicians, historians, and anyone captivated by the life and legacy of the man who transformed Western opera forever.
Author: Ernest Newman
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/aged. Markings: A handwritten blue ink initial "J" visible on the title page. Binding: Appears intact. No price stickers visible.
Ernest Newman's monumental four-volume biography of Richard Wagner stands as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative studies of the great German composer ever written. This fourth and final volume chronicles the last years of Wagner's life, from 1866 to his death in 1883, covering the triumphant completion and premiere of the Ring cycle at Bayreuth, the creation of Parsifal, and the complex personal and political relationships that defined his later career. Newman writes with scholarly precision and commanding narrative authority, drawing on an extraordinary breadth of primary sources, correspondence, and contemporaneous accounts to illuminate both the genius and the contradictions of one of music history's most towering figures. Rigorous yet deeply readable, this biography remains an indispensable reference for musicians, historians, and anyone captivated by the life and legacy of the man who transformed Western opera forever.