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Verdi &/Or Wagner
Peter Conrad
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Description for Verdi &/Or Wagner
Paperback. Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex legacies made them incompatible. Verdi thought of art as a comfort to mankind. Num Pages: 384 pages, 51 illustrations, 24 in colour. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 171 x 36. Weight in Grams: 818.
Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex legacies made them incompatible. Verdi thought of art as a comfort to mankind; it pleased Wagner to believe that the nervous intensity of his operas might drive listeners mad. Is it impossible – as Peter Conrad asks in this book, the first to investigate their affinities and explain their mutual mistrust – to love them both? These equally matched Titans offer us a choice between ... Read more
Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex legacies made them incompatible. Verdi thought of art as a comfort to mankind; it pleased Wagner to believe that the nervous intensity of his operas might drive listeners mad. Is it impossible – as Peter Conrad asks in this book, the first to investigate their affinities and explain their mutual mistrust – to love them both? These equally matched Titans offer us a choice between ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
817g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500290859
SKU
V9780500290859
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About Peter Conrad
Peter Conrad taught English literature at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1973 to 2011. He has written more than twenty books, including How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere; Creation: Artists, Gods & Origins; At Home in Australia; and Modern Times, Modern Places: Life and Art in the Twentieth Century, all published by Thames & Hudson.
Reviews for Verdi &/Or Wagner
'Has done more than any actual production I’ve seen to make me excited about opera … Conrad has provided me with a means of accessing opera specifically, as well as a way of thinking about music in general' - Prospect 'A valuable work, not just because of Conrad’s musical insights, but because of his grasp of historical context … ... Read more