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The Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music (Paperback)

The Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music (Paperback)

Edited by Barry Millington, this Compendium is the most comprehensive, informative and well-organized guide to Wagner's life and works.
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Edited by one of the leading Wagner scholars of modern times, and with contributions from 17 experts from around the world, The Wagner Compendium is the key to a complete understanding of the great composer. It includes the following features:

 

  • Calendar of Wagner's life, works and related events
  • Who's who of Wagner's contemporaries
  • Details of historical, intellectual and musical background
  • Exploration of Wagner's character and opinions
  • Full list of Wagner's prose writings
  • Comprehensive listing and discussion of his works
  • Thirty illustrations

 

General editor: Barry Millington

Paperback: 432 pages

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Categories:

Books > Opera

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