"Contains a concise . . . account of Wagner's life by John Deathridge and . . . a treatment of Wagner's music, aesthetics, and individual operas and music dramas by Carl Dahlhaus which is a tour de force." —Joseph Kerman, New York Review of Books
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John Deathridge is a writer and academic, specializing in Wagner and Beethoven. After becoming a Reader in Music at the University of Cambridge, where he had been a Fellow of King’s College since 1983, he was appointed King Edward Professor Music King’s College London in 1996. He is a regular broadcaster and was the music advisor for BBC 2 Television’s three-part drama on Beethoven broadcast in 2005. in the same year he was elected President of the Royal Musical Association.
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig on 22 May 1813. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Die Meistersinger, Siegfrieds Tod, Das Rheingold, King Ludwig, Das Liebesverbot, Mathilde Wesendonck, Die Feen, Hans von Billow, Thomas Mann, Ernest Newman, Heinrich Laube, Cosima Wagner, Faust Overture, Good Friday, Munich Hoftheater, Siegfried Idyll, Bayreuth Archives, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Ernst Benedikt Kietz, Hans von Wolzogen, Hermann Levi New!
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig on 22 May 1813. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Die Meistersinger, Siegfrieds Tod, Das Rheingold, King Ludwig, Das Liebesverbot, Mathilde Wesendonck, Die Feen, Hans von Billow, Thomas Mann, Ernest Newman, Heinrich Laube, Cosima Wagner, Faust Overture, Good Friday, Munich Hoftheater, Siegfried Idyll, Bayreuth Archives, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Ernst Benedikt Kietz, Hans von Wolzogen, Hermann Levi New!
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- Das Rheingold: G. Schirmer Opera Score, Ed. 1563 (Complete Vocal Score) by F Jameson on 13 pages
- Tristan and Isolde: English National Opera Guide 6 (English National Opera Guides) by Richard Wagner on 11 pages
- Richard Wagner by Houston Stewart Chamberlain in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Flying Dutchman (The Black Dog Opera Library) by Richard Wagner on page 136, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Prose Works (8 Volumes) (Music Book Index) by Richard Wagner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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