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Letters to Wesendonck et al.: Cambridge Library Collection - Music

Autor Richard Wagner William Ashton Ellis
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2015
William Ashton Ellis (1852–1919) abandoned his medical career in order to devote himself to his Wagner studies. Best known for his translations of Wagner's prose works, Ellis also translated Wagner's letters to family and friends. In this 1899 publication, most of the letters are those which Wagner wrote to the wealthy retired silk merchant Otto Wesendonck, who provided Wagner with generous financial support and whose wife, Mathilde, provided the words for the Wesendonck Lieder. Also included here are letters to the German writer Malwida von Meysenbug, who was also a friend of Nietzsche, and to the novelist Eliza Wille, at whose house in Zurich, a meeting place for the cognoscenti, Wagner was a regular guest. She later published her memories of the composer. Despite the stylistic idiosyncrasies of the translations, these letters remain of value because they capture something of the colour of Wagner's prose and personality.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108079525
ISBN-10: 1108079520
Pagini: 202
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Music

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Translator's preface; To Otto Wesendonck; To Malwida von Meysenbug; To Frau Eliza Wille; Index.

Notă biografică

Richard Wagner (1813-1833) was a German composer, conductor, and theatre director. Known for his revolutionary concept 'Gesamtkunstwerk', meaning a total work of art, he was one of the only opera composers to write both the music and the libretto for his productions. His most celebrated work is the four-opera cycle 'The Ring of the Nibelung' (1876).

Descriere

An 1899 English translation, principally of letters from Wagner to Otto Wesendonch, his friend and financial supporter.