Author: FISCHER-DIESKAU, DIETRICH.
Title: Wagner & Nietzsche. (Translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel).
Description: London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1978. 0283984341. Dual biography, by the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, tracing the remarkable relationsship between Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche. "This began with passionate friendship, as Nietzsche - a talented pianist and composer manque, hero-worshipped the Master, and dedicated to him "The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Man". Only sixteen years later, friendship had degenerated into doubts and finally a complete break, ss Nietzsche publisheed his bitter denunciation of the composer, "The Case of Ricchard Wagner"." Pp.232, toning to pages. Brown boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Keywords: Fischer-Dieskau Wagner Nietzsche Biography Composer Music Literature 53400 General Biography


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