Richard to Minna Wagner, Volume 1: letters to his first wife

The German actress Minna Planer (1809–66) was Wagner's first wife. Though it lasted until her death, their marriage, never an easy one, was punctuated by long periods of separation, and during its early years Minna was the main breadwinner. William Ashton Ellis (1852–1919) abandoned his medical...

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Beteilige Person: Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Ellis, William Ashton 1852-1919 (HerausgeberIn, ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Music
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139940559
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139940559
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139940559
Zusammenfassung:The German actress Minna Planer (1809–66) was Wagner's first wife. Though it lasted until her death, their marriage, never an easy one, was punctuated by long periods of separation, and during its early years Minna was the main breadwinner. William Ashton Ellis (1852–1919) abandoned his medical career to devote himself to his Wagner studies. Best known for his translations of Wagner's prose works, he published in 1909 this collection of letters from the composer, translated from the originals in Baron Hans von Wolzogen's Richard Wagner an Minna Wagner (1908). Concerned predominantly with domestic and business affairs, many of them complaining at Minna's lack of support, the letters offer an intriguing and intimate view of this larger-than-life composer. Spanning 1842–58, Volume 1 covers the couple's period in Dresden, Wagner's hurried departure after the 1849 uprising, and the years in Zurich culminating in the relationship with Mathilde Wesendonck
Beschreibung:Originally published in London by H. Grevel in 1909. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016)
Umfang:1 online resource (xviii, 398 pages)
ISBN:9781139940559
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139940559