Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 398 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139940559
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Music
Uniform Title:
Correspondence Selections
Content:
The German actress Minna Planer (1809–66) was Wagner's first wife. Though it lasted until her death, their marriage, never an easy one, was punctuated by long periods of separation, and during its early years Minna was the main breadwinner. William Ashton Ellis (1852–1919) abandoned his medical career to devote himself to his Wagner studies. Best known for his translations of Wagner's prose works, he published in 1909 this collection of letters from the composer, translated from the originals in Baron Hans von Wolzogen's Richard Wagner an Minna Wagner (1908). Concerned predominantly with domestic and business affairs, many of them complaining at Minna's lack of support, the letters offer an intriguing and intimate view of this larger-than-life composer. Spanning 1842–58, Volume 1 covers the couple's period in Dresden, Wagner's hurried departure after the 1849 uprising, and the years in Zurich culminating in the relationship with Mathilde Wesendonck
Note:
Originally published in London by H. Grevel in 1909
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108078511
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108078511
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139940559
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