A few beginnings -- Der Ring des Nibelungen -- The elusiveness of tragedy -- Tristan und Isolde -- Mature polemics -- Operatic futures
Summary
John Deathridge presents a different and critical view of Richard Wagner based on research that does not shy away from some unpalatable truths about this most controversial of composers in the canon of Western music
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-282) and index
