Introducing Wagner: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides) - Softcover

Scott, Kevin; White, Michael

 
9781848315099: Introducing Wagner: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

Synopsis

Wagner's operatic works rank with the supreme achievements of western culture. But acceptance of Wagner's musical genius is tempered by feelings of misgiving and many believe the composer's underlying ideas to be indefensible. A self-styled social revolutionary, Wagner thought the world could be redeemed through vegetarianism and Aryan philosophy.

Introducing Wagner: A Graphic Guide separates the composer's art from the ideas and the arrogant destructive personal behaviour of the man.

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About the Author

Michael White is an opera critic for the Daily Telegraph and was voted Britain's least boring music critic by listeners of Classic FM. He has made documentaries about Menotti, Britten and Nielsen and once attempted to explain Wagner's Ring Cycle on TV in half an hour.

Kevin Scott is an award-winning illustrator based in north London

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ISBN 10:  1874166277 ISBN 13:  9781874166276
Publisher: Icon Books, 1995
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