SKU: BR.BV-425
Complete Letters in 35
Volumes and
Supplements. Composed
by Richard Wagner. Edited
by Angela Steinsiek.
Linen. Buchverlag
Breitkopf & Hartel (Music
Books).
Documents of a
Critical Year
Romantic period. Book.
694 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #BV 425.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.BV-425).
ISBN 9783765104251.
5.5 x 8.5 inches.
German.
1873 was a
critical year in the life
of Richard Wagner.
Expectations were high
when construction began
on the theater. And now,
even though the ambitious
festival enterprise was
threatened with failure,
Wagner single-mindedly
drove his collaborators
and fund raisers on,
mercilessly. Most of the
approx. 320 ascertainable
letters edited by Angela
Steinsiek testify to his
attempts to raise funds:
through increased concert
activity, selective
publications, even
through the convocation
of an assembly of
patrons. Other
adversities he faced are
found in the numerous
letters from publishers
which document the
publication of the
Rheingold score; the
completion of Wagner's
first book of collected
writings; and the
hindrances constantly
preventing him from
orchestrating
Gotterdammerung, which
kept stalling because of
everyday chores.
Moreover, a series of
letters also clearly
illustrates the process
of the construction of
Haus Wahnfried, whose
luxurious interior
decoration had to be
dropped for lack of
funds.
Documents
of a Critical Year.
Indra Rise
