Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas / A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work
W. J. Henderson
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Book language: English
396 pages
A biographical study of Richard Wagner and an exposition of his dramatic works. W. J. Henderson recounts the composer's life, explains his artistic aims, and surveys the sources and musical design of each opera drama. It offers listeners a clear guide to understanding Wagner's art.
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Transcriber's Note Obvious printer errors in the text have been corrected without note. Click on the [Listen] link below a music illustration to listen to an MP3 file of the music, and on the [XML] link to view or download a MusicXML file of the music notation. Any notation corrections are noted in the MusicXML files. CONTENTS RICHARD WAGNER HIS LIFE AND HIS DRAMAS A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work BY W.J. HENDERSON AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF MUSIC,” “PRELUDES AND STUDIES,” “WHAT IS GOOD MUSIC?” ETC. G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1902
Copyright, 1901 BY W.J. HENDERSON Set up, electrotyped, and printed, November, 1901 Reprinted February, 1902 The Knickerbocker Press, New York Wagner Richard Wagner TO ROBERT EDWIN BONNER PREFACE The purpose of this book is to supply Wagner lovers with a single work which shall meet all their needs. The author has told the story of Wagner's life, explained his artistic aims, given the history of each of his great works, examined its literary sources, shown how Wagner utilised them, surveyed the musical plan of each drama, and set forth the meaning and purpose of its principal ideas. The work is not intended to be critical, but is designed to be expository. It aims to help the Wagner lover to a thorough knowledge and understanding of the man and his works. The author has consulted all the leading biographies, and for guidance in the direction of absolute trustworthiness he is directly indebted to Mme. Cosima Wagner, whose suggestions have been carefully observed. He is also under a large, but not heavy, burden of obligation to Mr. Henry
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