This reprint is of the first English paperback edition of Richard Wagner's autobiography. This is a primary document of enormous importance for all Wagner enthusiasts, being virtually the sole source of information of the composer's childhood and youth. Written for Wagner's second wife, Cosima, and his patron, King Ludwig II, the autobiography runs from the composer's birth up to the eve of his fifty-first birthday in 1864. Given the intended readership and the circumstances of its composition it is hardly surprising that Wagner should either omit or distort facts from time to time: he does not linger over previous affairs, he portrays his relationship with his first wife, Minna, as a good deal more distant than it really was and he plays down his involvement in the Dresden uprising of 1849. Despite all this, the book presents a panoramic view of Wagner's times and contemporaries and offers a unique perspective on the operas themselves. This translation is of the complete edition published in Munich in 1963 and based on the manuscript in the Wagner Archives in Bayreuth. Wagner's slips of memory are noted, as are references to obscure names and events.
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"<My life> is in part a compulsive read, but it is about as frank and reliable as you would expect, given that the text was written for a rich patron, king ludwig, and dictasted to Cosima"
评分"<My life> is in part a compulsive read, but it is about as frank and reliable as you would expect, given that the text was written for a rich patron, king ludwig, and dictasted to Cosima"
评分"<My life> is in part a compulsive read, but it is about as frank and reliable as you would expect, given that the text was written for a rich patron, king ludwig, and dictasted to Cosima"
评分"<My life> is in part a compulsive read, but it is about as frank and reliable as you would expect, given that the text was written for a rich patron, king ludwig, and dictasted to Cosima"
评分"<My life> is in part a compulsive read, but it is about as frank and reliable as you would expect, given that the text was written for a rich patron, king ludwig, and dictasted to Cosima"
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