| A Communication to My Friends (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Wagner, Richard (Author), Ellis, William Ashton (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1409936937 ISBN-13: 9781409936930 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.44 lbs) 128 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (later called music dramas). Wagner's musical style is often considered the epitome of classical music's Romantic period, due to its unprecedented exploration of emotional expression. He transformed musical thought through his idea of Gesamtkunstwerk (total artwork), the synthesis of all the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, epitomized by his monumental four-opera cycle The Ring of the Niebelung (1876). Wagner even went so far as to build his own opera-house to try to stage these works as he had imagined them. His literary friendship with Franz Liszt led to a long-lived correspondence later compiled in the two volumes of Corrrespondence of Wagner and Liszt (1889); a book that was attributed to both musicians. Among his other famous works are Tristan and Isolde, which broke important new musical ground, My Life (in two volumes) (1880), and The Flying Dutchman. |