| Description |
xvii, 404 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports., music ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 |
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Eastman studies in music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-390) and index. |
| Contents |
Richard Wagner absorbs Venice. The first encounter ; From visit to vacation ; From residence to mortality ; Venice in Wagner's eyes -- Venice absorbs Richard Wagner. Watching ; Mourning ; Remembering : A German for the Germans ; Remembering : an Italian for the Italians -- The 'Ring' comes to Venice. Italy, Venice, and 'Wagnerism' ; The 'wandering Wagnerians' ; Today the Fenice, tomorrow all Italy ; Venetian assessments -- Wagner and Venice amalgamate. Memory and commemoration ; Surviving significance ; Epilogue : the seal of fiction -- Addenda. |
| Subject |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Travel -- Italy -- Venice.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Death and burial.
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Opera -- Italy -- Venice -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
9781580462884 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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158046288X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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