Richard Wagner's Beethoven (1870): A New Translation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781843839583)

Wagner's book-length essay on Beethoven is really about Wagner himself rather than Beethoven. It is generally regarded as the principal aesthetic statement of the composer's later years and is an essential text in the teaching of not only Wagnerian thought but also late nineteenth-century musical aesthetics. Until now the English reader has been obliged to work from two Victorian translations. This brand new edition provides for a new translation and comes along with a substantial introduction placing the essay in the wider political, historical and intellectual context of Wagner's later thought.

Author: Roger Allen
ISBN-10: 184383958X
ISBN-13: 9781843839583
Publisher: Boydell Press
Language: English
Published: 10/16/2014
Pages: 230
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2015 pg. 1668