Author: Edward Dannreuther
Title: Wagner and the Reform of the Opera
Description: London, Augener and Co, 1904. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this study of German composer Richard Wagner, and his relationship with the opera reform. The second edition of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a portrait frontispiece. This work illustrates a selection of Richard Wagner's theories and approaches to operatic melody, dramatic poetry and the reform of opera. Together with a brief biographical history of the composer and a list of his works. Written by pianist and music critic, Edward Dannreuther. He trained as a musician at the Leipzig Conservatoire, where he was a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles. With four leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. A couple minor marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned with varying levels of scattered spotting throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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