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Richard Wagner´s Beethoven (1870): A New Translation
Roger Allen
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Description for Richard Wagner´s Beethoven (1870): A New Translation
Hardback. Indispensable reading for historians and musicologists as well as those interested in Wagner's philosophy and the aesthetics of music. Num Pages: 230 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Indispensable reading for historians and musicologists as well as those interested in Wagner's philosophy and the aesthetics of music. Despite the enormous and accelerating worldwide interest in Wagner leading to the bicentenary of his birth in 2013, his prose writings have received scant scholarly attention. Wagner's book-length essay on Beethoven, written to celebrate the centenary of Beethoven's birth in 1870, is really about Wagner himself rather than Beethoven. It is generally regarded as the principal aesthetic statement of the composer's later years, representing a reassessment ofthe ideas of the earlier Zurich writings, especially Oper und Drama, in the ... Read more
Indispensable reading for historians and musicologists as well as those interested in Wagner's philosophy and the aesthetics of music. Despite the enormous and accelerating worldwide interest in Wagner leading to the bicentenary of his birth in 2013, his prose writings have received scant scholarly attention. Wagner's book-length essay on Beethoven, written to celebrate the centenary of Beethoven's birth in 1870, is really about Wagner himself rather than Beethoven. It is generally regarded as the principal aesthetic statement of the composer's later years, representing a reassessment ofthe ideas of the earlier Zurich writings, especially Oper und Drama, in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843839583
SKU
V9781843839583
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About Roger Allen
ROGER ALLEN is Emeritus Fellow in Music, St Peter's College, University of Oxford. His publications include Richard Wagner's 'Beethoven' 1870: A New Translation (The Boydell Press, 2014) and Wilhelm Furtwängler: Art, Politics and the Unpolitical (The Boydell Press, 2018).
Reviews for Richard Wagner´s Beethoven (1870): A New Translation
This new translation will make it easier for those interested in Wagner to comprehend the musician's elusive philosophy on music, and will place this, the best-known of the composer's writings on Beethoven, in historical context.
FONTES ARTIS MUSICAE
This is a publication built to last.
THE WAGNER JOURNAL
FONTES ARTIS MUSICAE
This is a publication built to last.
THE WAGNER JOURNAL