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Actors and Singers

Wagner, Richard / Ellis, William Ashton
Actors and Singers
Includes Richard Wagner's famous essay, "Beethoven", his first publications concerning the nascent Bayreuth Festival Playhouse, his visionary "The Destiny of Opera", and, his letter to Friedrich Nietzsche responding to the publication of "The Birth of Tragedy".

CHF 21.50

Opera and Drama

Wagner, Richard / Ellis, William Ashton
Opera and Drama
With Richard Wagner, opera reached the apex of German Romanticism. Originally published in 1851, when Wagner was in political exile, "Opera and Drama" outlines a new, revolutionary type of musical stage work, which would finally materialize as "The Ring of the Nibelung, " Wagner's music drama, as he called it, aimed at a union of poetry, drama, music, and stagecraft. In a rare book-length study, the composer discusses the enhancement of dramas...

CHF 35.50

Religion and Art

Wagner, Richard / Ellis, William Ashton
Religion and Art
These works participated in the duel between Wagner and Nietzsche that ensued after the breakup of their friendship in 1878. Nietzsche publicly called Wagner an incurable romantic, emphasizing how sick he thought both Wagner and his art were. Here Wagner counterattacks with arch innuendo and sarcasm. This edition includes the complete volume 6 of the 1897 translation of Wagner's works commissioned by the London Wagner Society. William Ashton E...

CHF 35.50

The Art-Work of the Future and Other Works

Wagner, Richard / Ellis, William Ashton
The Art-Work of the Future and Other Works
The concluding piece, "A Communication to My Friends" (1851), explains his views on his first successes - "The Flying Dutchman", "Lohengrin, and Tannhauser" - and defines his agenda for later works. As spokesman for the future, Wagner spoke most of himself. In these works, he set forth his ambitions, identified his enemies, and began a campaign for public attention that made him a legend in his own time and in ours.

CHF 35.50