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BV 425 - Richard Wagner - Complete Letters - Cover
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)

Complete Letters

Vol. 25: Letters of 1873

Angela Steinsiek (ed.)
ドイツ語
Documents of a Critical Year

Description

1873 was a critical year in the life of Richard Wagner. Expectations were high when construction began on the theater. And now, even though the ambitious festival enterprise was threatened with failure, Wagner single-mindedly drove his collaborators and fund raisers on, mercilessly. Most of the approx. 320 ascertainable letters edited by Angela Steinsiek testify to his attempts to raise funds: through increased concert activity, selective publications, even through the convocation of an assembly of patrons. Other adversities he faced are found in the numerous letters from publishers which document the publication of the “Rheingold” score; the completion of Wagner’s first book of collected writings; and the hindrances constantly preventing him from orchestrating “Götterdämmerung”, which kept stalling because of everyday chores. Moreover, a series of letters also clearly illustrates the process of the construction of Haus Wahnfried, whose luxurious interior decoration had to be dropped for lack of funds.

BV 425

EAN: 9783765104251

694 pages / 13.5 x 21 cm / 959 g / linen binding

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€82.00

Description

1873 was a critical year in the life of Richard Wagner. Expectations were high when construction began on the theater. And now, even though the ambitious festival enterprise was threatened with failure, Wagner single-mindedly drove his collaborators and fund raisers on, mercilessly. Most of the approx. 320 ascertainable letters edited by Angela Steinsiek testify to his attempts to raise funds: through increased concert activity, selective publications, even through the convocation of an assembly of patrons. Other adversities he faced are found in the numerous letters from publishers which document the publication of the “Rheingold” score; the completion of Wagner’s first book of collected writings; and the hindrances constantly preventing him from orchestrating “Götterdämmerung”, which kept stalling because of everyday chores. Moreover, a series of letters also clearly illustrates the process of the construction of Haus Wahnfried, whose luxurious interior decoration had to be dropped for lack of funds.

Reviews and Testimonials

„Auch dieser Briefband ist samt seiner Nebentexte und –informationen eine große editorische Leistung, die unser Wagnerbild nicht verändert, aber an nicht ganz unwichtigen Stellen scharf stellt.“
Frank Piontek, wagnerspectrum

„Hinter einer kurzen in Italienisch verfassten Notiz (Nr. 120) verbirgt sich das Fiasko der ersten Aufführung des ,Lohengrin‘ an der Mailänder Scala, was in seinem vollen Umfang natürlich nur aufgrund der vorzüglichen Kommentierung des Bandes erkennbar wird.“
Arno Menzel-Reuters, IFB – Informationsmittel für Bibliotheken

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