Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen. Band IV. Oper und Drama, Teil 2, 3. Eine Mitteilung an meine Freunde
- Author: Richard Wagner
- ISBN: 9780543988843
- ISBN: 9780543988836
- Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by C. F. W. Siegel in Leipzig, 1871. This book is in German. This book contains 350 pages.
- Edition: Elibron Classics
- Book ID: 10025349
By all accounts one of the most narcissistic men ever to put pen to paper, Richard Wagner was a revolutionizing force in the world of nineteenth-century music. In the Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle and elsewhere, Wagner's expanded tonal vocabulary and use of leitmotifs - both of which would resonate through the succeeding decades - were juxtaposed with an inflated philosophy that would have a profound impact on the young philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.