Wagner as Man and Artist

By:

Ernest Newman

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Music

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Ernest Newman (1868–1959) was undoubtedly the greatest Wagnerian critic of his age. (His magisterial four-volume Life of Richard Wagner is also reissued in this series.) In this 1914 work, he attempts 'a complete and impartial psychological estimate' of a complex and frequently misinterpreted genius. He notes that such an attempt would have been impossible before the publication in 1911 of Wagner's autobiographical Mein Leben, but in his opening chapter he also warns against a naïve reading of that work, and of others by people 'who combine the maximum of good intentions with the minimum of critical insight'. He is clear-sighted about the strengths of Wagner the artist, not least his need to be 'the central sun of his universe', which of course led to Wagner the man behaving pettily, selfishly and frequently as a tyrant. This lucid account richly deserves its place in the history of Wagner studies.

Release date Australia

May 22nd, 2014

Author

Ernest Newman

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

8 Plates, black and white

Pages

424

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Music

Dimensions

140x216x24

ISBN-13

9781108073875

Product ID

22228003

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