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Richard Wagner (Critical Lives),Used
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With their complex textures, rich harmonies, and elaborate use of leitmotifs, the operas of German composer Richard Wagner (181383) remain some of the most influentialand contentiousin the history of the genre. But while he won renown with what he achieved on the stage, his life was marked by political exile, turbulent love affairs, and poverty. And because Wagner and his music are exceedingly intertwined with the great upheavals of his time, it is difficult to produce an impartial assessment of his output. Appearing at the bicentennial of his birth, Richard Wagner provides a clear and balanced view of both Wagners great successes and the controversies generated by his life and art.Using Wagners wideranging engagement with mythology as a starting point, Raymond Furness explores the composers music and prose writings. He delves deeply into Wagners essential operas, such as The Ring and Tristan and Isolde, offering fascinating insight into these works. Because the great operatic pieces often overshadow the rest of Wagners compositions, Furness also considers neglected fragments like Wieland the Smith, The Mines at Falun, and The Visitors, producing a more rounded critical picture of the composer. With uptodate dissections of recent Bayreuth productions and a refreshingly uncluttered approach to a muchmisunderstood life, Richard Wagner is an engaging look at one of musics most beguiling figures.
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