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The life of richard wagner : 1848-1860 / Ernest Newman

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: NewYork : Cambridge university press, 2014.Description: xviii, 619 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781108007702
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.1 NEW
Summary: Ernest Newman's four-volume Life of Wagner, originally published between 1933 and 1947, remains a classic work of biography. The culmination of forty years' research on the composer and his works (Newman's first Study of Wagner was first published in 1899), these books present a detailed portrait of perhaps the most influential, the most controversial and the most frequently reviled composer in the whole history of western music. Newman was aware that no biography can ever claim to be complete or completely accurate: 'The biographer.
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Reference Reference Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS ஆறாம் தளம் / Sixth floor 782.1 NEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 311591

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ernest Newman's four-volume Life of Wagner, originally published between 1933 and 1947, remains a classic work of biography. The culmination of forty years' research on the composer and his works (Newman's first Study of Wagner was first published in 1899), these books present a detailed portrait of perhaps the most influential, the most controversial and the most frequently reviled composer in the whole history of western music. Newman was aware that no biography can ever claim to be complete or completely accurate: 'The biographer.

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