Description: Richard to Minna Wagner : Letters to His First Wife, Paperback by Wagner, Richard; Ellis, William Ashton (EDT), ISBN 1108078524, ISBN-13 9781108078528, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 the period 1858–63, Volume 2 covers their uneasy, brief reconciliation in Paris, Wagner's concerns over Minna's failing health, and her return to Dresden in 1862, which marked their final separation.
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Book Title: Richard to Minna Wagner : Letters to His First Wife
Number of Pages: 424 Pages
Publication Name: Richard to Minna Wagner : Letters to His First Wife
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Opera
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.1 Oz
Author: Richard Wagner
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Music, Biography & Autobiography
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: Cambridge Library Collection-Music Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
