Wagner: His Life and Music - Richard Wagner

07/05/2013 8h 59min
Wagner: His Life and Music - Richard Wagner

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Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Wagner: His Life and MusicAuthor: Richard WagnerNarrator: Stephen JohnsonFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8:59:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 05-07-2013Publisher: Naxos AudiobooksGenres: Biography & Memoir, History & CultureSummary:Well over a century after Wagner’s death, the man and his music are as controversial as ever. Praised for his profound insights into the workings of the human heart, he has also been condemned as a dangerous libertine, a proto-fascist and an arrogant bore. His vast four-part operatic Ring cycle has been elevated as one of the greatest achievements of western culture and dismissed as an unparalleled example of creative megalomania. This audiobook makes no attempt to gloss over the darker sides of Wagner’s character, personally or artistically, but argues that the finer aspects of his vision transcend its flaws. It tells the story of an extraordinary life, and charts Wagner’s development, from unpromising beginnings, into the creator of some of the most brilliantly innovatory and seductively beautiful music.

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