The Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music

ISBN 10: 0500282749 / ISBN 13: 9780500282748

Published by Thames & Hudson, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500282749
• ISBN 13: 9780500282748
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

The unrivaled single-volume survey of Wagner's life and work

Edited by one of the leading Wagner scholars of modern times, and with contributions from seventeen experts from around the world, The Wagner Compendium is the key to a complete understanding of the composer― the most comprehensive, informative and well-organized guide to his life and times.

Features include:

• calendar of Wagner's life, works and related events who's who of Wagner's contemporaries

• details of historical, intellectual and musical background

• exploration of Wagner's character and opinions

• full list of Wagner's prose writings

• comprehensive listing and discussion of the works

30 illustrations

About the Author

Barry Millington is the editor of The Wagner Journal. He lives in England.