Richard Wagner: The Man, His Mind, and His Music
by Robert W. Gutman
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Ranging far beyond the bounds of conventional biography and music history, this book examines the cultural background of Wagner’s art, including the nether regions of nationalism and racism. New Introduction by the Author. Index; photographs.Tags
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This biography examines the cultural background of Wagner's art, including the symbols he used based on nationalism and racism. It includes the details of his personal life--his family and friends, his love affairs, his enemies, debts and politics.He helps the appreciation of Wagner's genius by shedding light on the creative sources of his greatest musical creations.
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Robert William Gutman was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 11, 1925. As a young man, he studied the piano and took instruction in music theory from Kurt Adler, a longtime conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in music from New York University. He taught art history and interior-design history at show more the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan in the 1950s. He was the founding dean of the institute's graduate division before retiring in the late 1980s. He was the author of Richard Wagner: The Man, His Mind, and His Music and Mozart: A Cultural Biography. He died on May 13, 2016 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1968
- People/Characters
- Richard Wagner; Cosima Wagner
- Disambiguation notice
- OCLC: 765951
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- Genres
- Music, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 782.1 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal music [formerly: Dramatic music and production of musical drama] Operas and related dramatic vocal forms; concert versions
- LCC
- ML410 .W1 .G83 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Biography
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- Languages
- English, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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