| Series |
Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989
Eastman studies in music. ^A494093
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| Contents |
Richard Wagner, the wandering musician -- Wagner as an orchestral and drawing room composer -- The first steps in the cultural struggle -- Ent'racte: Wagner's promotional tour in Russia (1863) -- Cries and whispers: early Swedish encounters with Wagner -- Institutionalizing a composer -- Pilgrimage to Wagner -- The campaigners for Bayreuth -- Conclusion: the final chord. |
| Abstract |
This book explores how Wagner's operas were performed and received in the theaters of Stockholm and other cities of the region and how excerpts from them were arranged for amateur performances in private homes. The book reveals the surprising extent to which music lovers and operagoers from the various countries, many of them women, traveled to Wagner's Bayreuth Festival to attend performances. It also reconstructs the imaginative and patient efforts by which confirmed Wagnerians established Wagner societies in order to promote an understanding of the composer's work. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-298) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005020431 |
| ISBN | 1580462073 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
