{"product_id":"the-life-of-richard-wagner-paperback-9781108007696","title":"The Life of Richard Wagner (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108007696","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Richard Wagner\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNewman's Life of Wagner, published between 1933 and 1947, the culmination of forty years' research, is a classic biography.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErnest Newman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108007696, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 March 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e574 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.83 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eErnest Newman's four-volume Life of Wagner, originally published between 1933 and 1947, remains a classic work of biography. The culmination of forty years' research on the composer and his works (Newman's first Study of Wagner was first published in 1899), these books present a detailed portrait of perhaps the most influential, the most controversial and the most frequently reviled composer in the whole history of western music. Newman was aware that no biography can ever claim to be complete or completely accurate: 'The biographer can at no stage hope to have reached the final truth. All he can do is to make sure that whatever statement he may make, whatever conclusion he may come to, shall be based on the whole of the evidence available at the time of writing.' In this aim he triumphantly succeeds. Volume 1 covers the years 1813 to 1848.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e 1. Paternity and ancestry\u003cbr\u003e 2. Geyer\u003cbr\u003e 3. The child\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Kreuzschüler\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Leipzig student\u003cbr\u003e 6. Würzburg\u003cbr\u003e 7. The last six months in Leipzig\u003cbr\u003e 8. The state of music in Germany\u003cbr\u003e 9. The economic and social status of the musician\u003cbr\u003e 10. Magdeburg\u003cbr\u003e 11. Minna\u003cbr\u003e 12. Königsberg and Riga\u003cbr\u003e 13. The voyage to London\u003cbr\u003e 14. The 'conquest of Paris'\u003cbr\u003e 15. The return to Dresden\u003cbr\u003e 16. The early years in Dresden\u003cbr\u003e 17. The middle years in Dresden\u003cbr\u003e 18. Friends and enemies\u003cbr\u003e 19. The storm brewing\u003cbr\u003e 20. Nearing the end in Dresden\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20music%20%5Bc%201750%20to%20c%201830%5D%20%5BAVGC4%5D%22\"\u003ec 1750 to c 1830 AVGC4\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003940688152,"sku":"9781108007696","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108007696i.jpg?v=1694867379","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-richard-wagner-paperback-9781108007696","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}