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The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner: Michael Tanner

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Synopsis:

Richard Wagner is the most controversial composer in the history of music. In this lively pocket guide, Michael Tanner gives crisp accounts of all his operas, showing how important it is to grasp the dramatic situations, and indicating some of the key musical features. He also provides a wealth of insights into Wagner, including an outline of his astonishing life.

Essential reading for anyone with an interest in both the man and his music.

Key features include:

Wagner: his life year by year
Wagner: his music work by work
Things people said about Wagner
Essential Wagner: ten great moments
Wagner on CD and DVD
Wagner bibliography

The Pocket Guide Series:

Alan Ayckbourn’s Plays
Ballet
Britten
Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
Greek and Roman Drama
Handel
Haydn
Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg
Mozart
Musicals
Opera
Shakespeare’s Plays
20th-Century Drama
Wagner

‘Faber’s enterprising pocket guide series is growing into an invaluable library ...  these are perfect concert companions and will please the novice and aficionado alike.’ Classical Music

Tags:

Categorised as:

Music, Stage & Screen

Sub-categories:

Classical Music

People & Characters:

Wagner

Genres & Themes:

Composers; Musicology; Opera; Pocket Guides