The Art of Richard Wagner (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Art of Richard Wagner (Classic Reprint) written by Wm. C. Ward and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Art of Richard Wagner But it gives us no foretaste whatever of the true art-work to which the future life of the composer was to be devoted. In writing the text, which was based upon the well-known novel by bulwer-lytton, Wagner himself says: I was simply thinking of an opera-text which would enable me to display the principal forms of Grand Opera, ' such as introductions, finales, choruses, arias, duets, trios, etc., with all possible splendour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.