Though his image is tarnished today by unrepentant anti-Semitism; Richard Wagner (1813ndash;1883) was better known in the nineteenth century for his provocative musical eroticism. In this illuminating study of the composer and his works; Laurence Dreyfus shows how Wagnerrsquo;s obsession with sexuality prefigured the composition of operas such as Tannhauml;user; Die Walkuuml;re; Tristan und Isolde; and Parsifal.
#3354926 in eBooks 2011-08-22 2013-04-25File Name: B005IH3084
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