Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer and performer.
Throwing traditional methods aside, the future composer of Lohengrin and Tristan and Isolde went directly to the great masters' works and copied their music, note by note, until it became a part of him.
With this volume, he gives us a summation of decades of engagement with the phenomenon of Wagner and, at the same time, the result of an abiding critical passion for his works.
There are few, if any, scholars today who know more about Wagner and his legacy than Geck, who builds upon his extensive research and considerable knowledge as one of the editors of the Complete Works to offer a distinctive appraisal of the ...
Combines biographical and critical studies of Wagner and his music, examining his personal merits and defects and assessing his artistry and achievement
Richard Wagner: The Story of an Artist
Richard Wagner
Egon Voss, einer der besten Kenner des Lebens und der Werke Wagners, hat eine fundierte und sehr gut lesbare Biographie seines Protagonisten verfasst, die gleichermaßen dessen kompositorischer Größe wie seinen persönlichen (Un- )Tiefen ...
Richard Wagner
Included in the text are portions of unpublished letters exchanged between Wagner and Hermann Levi. Altogether, the book reveals astonishing complexities in a man long known as much for his prejudice as for his epic contributions to opera.
26 , 28 , 88 , 174 , 180 ; Preciosa , 24 Weber , double bass player in Zurich , 164 Weber , Gustav : and Schulz - Beuthen , 155 Weber , Heinrich , 36 Webern , Anton von , 152 Weigl , Joseph , works by : Die Schweizerfamilie , 26 234 ...