{"product_id":"the-sorcerer-of-bayreuth-richard-wagner-his-work-and-his-world","title":"The Sorcerer of Bayreuth: Richard Wagner  his Work and his World","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Wagner (1813-1883) is one of the most influential - and also one of the most controversial - composers in the history of music. Over the course of his long career  he produced a stream of spellbinding works that challenged musical convention through their richness and tonal experimentation  ultimately paving the way for modernism. This book presents an in-depth but easy-to-read overview of Wagners life  work and times. It considers a wide range of themes  including the composers original sources of inspiration; his fetish for exotic silks; his relationship with his wife  Cosima  and with his mistress  Mathilde Wesendonck; the anti-semitism that is undeniably present in the operas; their proto-cinematic nature; and the turbulent legacy both of the Bayreuth Festival and of Wagnerism itself.  Making use of the very latest scholarship - much of it undertaken by the author himself in connection with his editorship of The Wagner Journal - Millington reassesses received notions about Wagner and his work  demolishing ill-informed opinion in favour of proper critical understanding. It is a radical - and occasionally controversial - reappraisal of this most perplexing of composers. The volumes arrangement - unique among books on the composer -combines an accessible text  intriguing images and original documents  thus ensuring a consistently fresh approach. Bringing new insights to an endlessly fascinating subject  The Sorcerer of Bayreuth will charm anyone interested in music and in the wider cultural life of the 19th century and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966443876405,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199933766","price":31.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199933761.jpg?v=1770561963","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sorcerer-of-bayreuth-richard-wagner-his-work-and-his-world","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}