Wagner / by W. J. Turner.
| Author/creator | Turner, W. J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : A. A. Wyn, Inc., [1948] |
| Description | 143 pages : portrait ; 19 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Great musicians series |
| Contents | Chapter I: 1813-1834. Doubtful parentage ; Early interest in dramatic literature ; First lessons in harmony ; Early attempts at composition ; Pianoforte and violin lessons ; Influence of the theatre and opera house ; Goethe and Beethoven ; Lessons with Weinlig ; Early compositions ; Favourable conditions in Wagner's youth ; First engagement as chorus-master ; Early operas ; His physical and mental characteristics -- Chapter II: 1834-1839. Obtains post at Magdeburg ; Life at a provincial theatre ; Meets his future wife ; Begins his third opera ; Begins to get into debt ; Gives his first concert ; A complete fiasco ; Conducts well-known operas ; Finishes Das Liebesverbot ; First performance never takes place ; Minna obtains engagement at Konigsberg ; Wagner marries Minna Planer ; Becomes musical director at Riga ; Begins the opera Rienzi ; Loses his position at Riga ; Character of Minna -- Chapter III: 1839-1842. Escapes from his creditors ; Crossing the Russian frontier ; Sails for London ; Storms drive ship to refuge in Norway ; Origin of The Flying Dutchman ; Arrives in London ; Visits the Houses of Parliament ; Asks for Bulwer Lytton ; Hears the Duke of Wellington speak ; Opinions of London and the English ; Sails for Boulogne ; Visits Meyerbeer ; Arrives in Paris ; Hears Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ; Reduced to great poverty ; Completes Rienzi and sketches libretto of The Flying Dutchman ; Meets Berlioz ; Starts on music to The Flying Dutchman ; Does hack work to earn a living ; Hears that Rienzi is accepted by the Dresden Opera House ; Meets Heine ; Wagner and Berlioz -- Chapter IV: 1842-1849. Arrives in Dresden ; Rehearsals of Rienzi ; Success of Rienzi ; Criticises Mendelssohn ; Is appointed court conductor ; Performs Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ; Wagner and Schumann ; Unreliability of Wagner's autobiography ; Conducts Weber's Euryanthe ; Pays a visit to Berlin and meets Liszt ; Wagner as conductor ; Visit of Berlioz ; The repertory under Wagner ; His tact and diplomatic powers ; Prepares a birthday festival for the king ; Strange attitude of his director Luttichau ; Composition of Tannhauser ; First performance not successful ; Growing interest in politics ; Friendship with Rockel and the revolutionary Bakunin ; Revolutions in Dresden ; Arrest of leaders ; Wagner escapes to Weimar -- Chapter V: 1849-1861. Becomes a citizen of Zurich ; Good spirits due to his freedom ; Begins writing his pamphlets on art ; Money from friends ; A visit to Paris ; Jessie Laussot ; Wagner and women ; Returns to Zurich ; Minna and Jessie Laussot ; First performance of Lohengrin ; Writes Oper und Drama ; Obtains post for Hans von Bulow ; Writes the libretto of the "Ring" ; Meets Otto and Mathilde Wesendonck ; A visit to Italy ; The origin of the prelude to Rheingold ; Begins to composer again ; Method of composition ; Composes a new finale to Gluck's Iphigenia in Aulis ; Composition of the "Ring" ; Reads Schopenhauer ; A second visit to London ; Difficulty of composing in London ; Returns to Zurich ; Completes Die Walkure ; Begins Siegfried ; Berlioz and Wagner in London ; Wesendonck provides a house ; A visit to Paris ; Hears Berlioz read The Trojans ; Composition of Tristan und Isolde ; Difficulties with Wesendonck ; Minna and Mathilde ; Wagner and Minna separate for a year ; Continues composition of Tristan und Isolde ; Wagner and Minna settle in Paris ; Wagner and Blandine Ollivier ; The Paris production of Tannhauser ; Returns to Germany after twelve years' exile -- Chapter VI: 1861-1883. Minna settles in Dresden ; Conception of Die Meistersinger ; Visit of Hans and Cosima von Bulow ; First performance of Meistersinger overture ; Friederike Meyer ; Concerts in Vienna and Russia ; Visits the Bulows in Berlin ; Furnishes a house at Penzing ; Desperate financial situation ; Wagner and Hornstein ; A gold snuff-box ; Understanding with Cosima ; Increasing money difficulties ; Takes refuge in Switzerland ; Death of the King of Bavaria ; The new king sends for Wagner ; The king pays his debts ; Wagner and King Ludwig II ; Invites Hans and Cosima to live with him ; Settles in Munich ; Scandalous rumours ; Is compelled to leave Munich ; Death of Minna ; Cosima goes to Wagner ; Return to Munich ; First performance of Die Meistersinger ; Marries Cosima ; Foundation of Bayreuth ; First performance of the "Ring" ; Third visit to London ; First performance of Parsifal ; Death of Wagner ; Wagner and Nietzsche. |
| LCCN | 49000897 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.W1 T8 1948 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |