Music, Culture and Social Reform in the Age of Wagner |
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| Author:
| Garratt, James |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-04275-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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Focusing on the music and ideas of Richard Wagner and his contemporaries, this 2010 book redefines our understanding of culture and politics in nineteenth-century Germany. It reveals the projects for social reform that shaped key musical institutions and works in this period, including the music of Wagner, Mendelssohn and Liszt.
Focusing on the music and ideas of Richard Wagner and his contemporaries, this 2010 book redefines our understanding of culture and politics in nineteenth-century Germany. It reveals the projects for social reform that shaped key musical institutions and works in this period, including the music of Wagner, Mendelssohn and Liszt.