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1	The Wagner Operas more books like this by Ernest Newman add to wishlist In this classic guide, the foremost Wagner expert of our century discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work. Acclaimed as the most complete and intellectually satisfying analysis of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.73! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist Richard Wagner's devotees have ranged from the subtlest minds (Proust) to the most brutal (Hitler). In this radically clarifying book, Magee traces Wagner's intellectual quests, from his youthful embrace of revolutionary socialism to the near-Buddhist resignation of his final years. Photo insert. see all copies from $5.97! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Daniel Breazeale (Editor), Desmond M Clarke (Editor) add to wishlist The four short works in Untimely Meditations were published by Nietzsche between 1873 and 1876.They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine culture, strategies for cultural reform, the task of philosophy, the nature of education, and the relationship between art, science and life. They also include Nietzsche's ... see all copies from $4.86! new only from $7.18! \| first editions \| SVS
4	In Search of Wagner more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Rodney Livingstone (Translator) add to wishlist Richard Wagner's works are among the most controversial in the history of European music -- because of their powerful aesthetic qualities and, in wider political terms, because of their eventual assimilation into the official culture of the Third Reich. This concise synoptic account by the most brilliant exponent of Frankfurt School Marxism subtly ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $7.35! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Cambridge Companion to Wagner more books like this by Thomas S Grey (Editor) add to wishlist Richard Wagner is remembered as one of the most influential figures in music and theatre, but his place in history has been marked by a considerable amount of controversy. His attitudes towards the Jews and the appropriation of his operas by the Nazis, for example, have helped to construct a historical persona that sits uncomfortably with modern ... see all copies from $18.57! new only from $18.57! \| SVS
6	The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, and Other Writings more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Professor Aaron Ridley (Editor), Judith Norman (Translator) add to wishlist Nietzsche's late works are brilliant and uncompromising, and stand as monuments to his lucidity, rigour, and style. This volume combines, for the first time in English, five of these works: The Antichrist, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche contra Wagner, and The Case of Wagner. Here, Nietzsche takes on some of his greatest adversaries: ... see all copies from $8.98! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
7	Aspects of Wagner more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist This study analyzes the work of Wagner and discusses the reasons for the differing reactions his work has provoked. The author aims to show that Wagner's music expresses the repressed and highly charged contents of the psyche. He examines not only Wagner's music and detailed stage directions but also the prose works in which he formulated his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Ring Resounding more books like this by John Culshaw add to wishlist see all copies from $7.75! first editions \| SVS
9	I Saw the World End more books like this by Deryck Cooke add to wishlist Wagner's Ring is a great masterpiece. But because of the work's rich complexity it is difficult to think sensibly about its text and music. Deryck Cooke, author of The Language of Music and completer of Mahler's Tenth Symphony, displays his masterly common sense in this study of how and why The Ring took the shape it did. It is only a portion of ... see all copies from $28.94! new only from $48.53! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The life of Richard Wagner more books like this by Ernest Newman add to wishlist see all copies from $3.55! first editions
11	Tristan and Isolde (Dodo Press) more books like this by Richard Wagner add to wishlist Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (later called music dramas). Wagner's musical style is often considered the epitome of classical music's Romantic period, due to its unprecedented exploration of emotional expression. He transformed musical thought ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $9.16! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The Victorian Visitors: Culture Shock in Nineteenth-Century Britain more books like this by Rupert Christiansen add to wishlist This volume shares impressions of England as experienced by famous foreign visitors between 1820 and 1914. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Wagner, and many others do much more than merely complain about the weather. Their diaries and letters attest to the difficulties and charms of cultural negotiating in Victorian England. In painting a portrait of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
13 view cover	On the Advantage & Disadvantage of History for Life more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Peter Preuss (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.10!
14 view cover	Untimely meditations more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale add to wishlist The four short works in Untimely Meditations were published by Nietzsche between 1873 and 1876.They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine culture, strategies for cultural reform, the task of philosophy, the nature of education, and the relationship between art, science and life. They also include Nietzsche's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.99! \| first editions
15 view cover	Wagner as Man & Artist more books like this by Ernest Newman add to wishlist H AS MAN 8 ARTIST By ERNEST NEWMAN TUDOR PUBLISHING CO NEW YORK AS RICHARD AND COS1MA WAGNER PREFACE TO THE SECOND ENGLISH EDITION IN the ten years that have elapsed since the publication of the first edition of this work a number of new letters and other documents relating to Wagner have become available. The text of the book has therefore been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.04! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Die Walkure more books like this by Richard Wagner add to wishlist Richard Wagner's vast "Der Ring des Nibelungen" cycle comprises four full-length operas ("Das Rheingold", "Die Walkure", "Siegfried" and "Gotterdammerung") and is arguably the most extraordinary achievement in the history of opera. His own libretto to the operas is an intricate system of metric patterns, imaginative metaphors and alliteration, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	My Life more books like this by Richard Wagner add to wishlist Written for Wagner's second wife, Cosima, and his patron, King Ludwig II, "My Life" runs from the composer's birth in 1813 up to 1864, and presents a sweeping view of Wagner's times and contemporaries, as well as offering a unique perspective on his operas. This is the 1983 translation. see all copies from $3.42! new only from $18.51! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of a Heritage more books like this by Jacques Barzun add to wishlist Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. see all copies from $2.29! new only from $32.94! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music more books like this by Barry Millington (Editor) add to wishlist Wagner is perhaps as renowned for controversy he inspires as for his music. The Wagner Compendium presents a comprehensive survey of the man, his ocuvre and his times. The musical and intellectual background and influences which helped shape the Wagnerian canon are considered along with the historical context of German unification and the creation ... see all copies from $3.68! new only from $7.90! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Perfect Wagnerite more books like this by George Bernard Shaw add to wishlist Brilliant criticism of the Ring Cycle, with provocative interpretation of politics and economic theories behind the Ring. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society more books like this by Daniel Barenboim, Professor Edward W Said, Ara Guzelimian (Preface by) add to wishlist Famed musical conductor Daniel Barenboim and social and literary critic Edward W. Said, friends for many years, discuss everything from art to politics to Beethoven's sonatas. see all copies from $4.65! new only from $10.76! \| first editions
22 view cover	Wagner and His Operas more books like this by Stanley Sadie add to wishlist This exhaustive volume on Wagner features contributions from renowned authorities from around the world, a synopses and expert appreciation of the operas, and an Index for easy reference. of photos. see all copies from $2.47! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde more books like this by Eric Thomas Chafe add to wishlist During the years preceding the composition of Tristan and Isolde, Wagner's aesthetics underwent a momentous turnaround, principally as a result of his discovery of Schopenhauer. Many of Schopenhauer's ideas, especially those regarding music's metaphysical significance, resonated with patterns of thought that had long been central to Wagner's ... see all copies from $26.88! new only from $33.67! \| SVS
24	Cosima Wagner more books like this by George Richard Marek add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Richard Wagner's Music Dramas more books like this by Carl Dahlhaus, Mary Whittall (Translator) add to wishlist Previous studies of Wagner's operas have tended to approach the works as chunks of autobiography, philosophical speculations or historical-political comments on the age in which they were written. Professor Dahlhaus dissociates himself from all such ventures. His aim is to discover by careful analysis of the works from Der fliegende Hollander to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.13! \| SVS

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