Wagner : A Documentary Study. Preface by Pierre Boulez.

Barth, Herbert, Dietrich Mack and Egon Voss (eds.):

ISBN 10: 0195198182 / ISBN 13: 9780195198188

Published by New York : Oxford University Press, 1975

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256 p. : Ill. Das Exemplar ist in einem sehr guten und sauberen Zustand ohne Anstreichungen. The copy is in a very good and clean condition without markings. - Contents -- Authors' Note -- Preface by Pierre Boulez -- Wagner's Autobiographical Sketch -- The Plates -- Sources of illustrations -- Documents -- Extracts from Cosima's Diaries -- Abbreviations of documentary sources -- Chronological table: dates of composition and first performance of the principal operatic works -- Index. ISBN 0195198182 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1418.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wagner : A Documentary Study. Preface by Pierre Boulez.
• Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195198182
• ISBN 13: 9780195198188
• Binding: Cloth with dust jacket.
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 1418 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Musik

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Synopsis

First American edition. Preface by Pierre Boulez. Translated by P.R.J. Ford and Mary Whittall. A documentary study published to commemorate the Bayreuth centenary, this sumptuous book truly befits its subject. Contains Wagner's autobiographical sketch, his instructions on the proper staging of his operas, letters he exchanged with friends like Hector Berlioz, Heinrich Heine, and August Renoir, excerpts from Cosima Wagner's diary, etc. The splendid contemporary illustrations enable one to "see" the man and his family and assoicates, the concert halls and costumes of his day, and his homes, including Villa Wahnfried. Some wear to dust jacket at extremities. 256 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 4to..

Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)