{"product_id":"the-sorcerer-of-bayreuth-richard-wagner-his-work-and-his-world-9780199933761","title":"The Sorcerer of Bayreuth: Richard Wagner, His Work and His World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Barry Millington\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\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 Wagner's life, work and times. It considers a wide range of themes, including the composer's 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaking use of the very latest scholarship - much of it undertaken by the author himself in connection with his editorship of \u003cem\u003eThe Wagner Journal\u003c\/em\u003e - 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 volume's 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Sorcerer of Bayreuth\u003c\/em\u003e will charm anyone interested in music and in the wider cultural life of the 19th century and beyond.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47598999699607,"sku":"9780199933761","price":6479.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199933761.webp?v=1775002775","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-sorcerer-of-bayreuth-richard-wagner-his-work-and-his-world-9780199933761","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}