Wagner as Man and Artist

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Paperback, 424 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2014
ISBN13: 9781108073875
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Ernest Newman (1868–1959) was undoubtedly the greatest Wagnerian critic of his age. (His magisterial four-volume Life of Richard Wagner is also reissued in this series.) In this 1914 work, he attempts 'a complete and impartial psychological estimate' of a complex and frequently misinterpreted genius. He notes that such an attempt would have been impossible before the publication in 1911 of Wagner's autobiographical Mein Leben, but in his opening chapter he also warns against a naïve reading of that work, and of others by people 'who combine the maximum of good intentions with the minimum of critical insight'. He is clear-sighted about the strengths of Wagner the artist, not least his need to be 'the central sun of his universe', which of course led to Wagner the man behaving pettily, selfishly and frequently as a tyrant. This lucid account richly deserves its place in the history of Wagner studies.

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ISBN13:9781108073875
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:424

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Preface; Introduction; 1. The man; 2. The artist in history; 3. The artist in practice; Appendices; Table of Wagner's life and works; Index.

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