Title: Richard Wagner : new light on a musical life /
Authors: DiGaetani, John Louis, 1943-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Wagner, Richard,; Composers Germany Biography
Abstract: "This is a new biography of the German composer Richard Wagner, re-examining his life in light of new documents and new sensibilities. His life was a series of abandonments and traumas, for the self-destructive but creative genius, in which he tried to survive as a freelance composer in the hostile environments of l9th century Germany"--