Richard Wagner and his world
By: edited by Thomas S. Grey
Contributors: Bard Music Festival
Series: The Bard Music Festival series
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9780691143651; 9780691143668
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; History and criticism; Music
Description: Equally celebrated and vilified in his own time, Wagner continues to provoke debate today regarding his political legacy as well as his music and aesthetic theories. Examine his works in dialogue with their intellectual and cultural contexts.
Notes: Published in conjunction with the Bard Music Festival.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Essays; title: Biographical contexts; title: Toward a music of the future: 1840-1860; title: Wagner and Paris; title: The Bayreuth era; title: The complete program notes of Richard Wagner.