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The second floor, which was quite self- contained and very quiet, offered us humble but adequate accommodations for a modest rent. I arrived early in the morning and found Minna still in bed. She was anxious to know whether I had returned simply out of pity; but I quickly succeeded in obtaining her promise that she would never again refer to what had taken place.

My Life, Volume I PREFACE The contents of these volumes have been written down directly from my dictation, over . My uncle's marriage late in life, and the starting of his new home, brought about a marked alteration in his relations to my family.

My Life, Volume I PREFACE The contents of these volumes have been written down directly from my dictation, over a period of several. After a lapse of a year I was taken by him to Leipzig, and handed over for some days to the Wagners, my own father's relatives, consisting of my uncle Adolph and his sister Friederike Wagner. This extraordinarily interesting man, whose influence afterwards became ever more stimulating to me, now for the first time brought himself and his singular environment into my life.

If one wants the composer's insights on the various encounters he has when bringing his music to life, this is one book you must read. At times it is tediously detailed but the "devil is in the details

If one wants the composer's insights on the various encounters he has when bringing his music to life, this is one book you must read. At times it is tediously detailed but the "devil is in the details. It is impossible to understand the man and his world without reading this personal insight. He was, above all other things, one of the foremost musical geniuses that changed the face of opera forever. The consummate Wagner student must, at some time in his study read this book, cover to cover.

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.

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (/ˈvɑːɡnər/ VAHG-nər, German: (listen); 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works . .

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (/ˈvɑːɡnər/ VAHG-nər, German: (listen); 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works.

GRAY-Andrew L. Wagner friends mourn the death of the translator of Richard Wagner's ''My Life''. His scholarship will keep his name alive, and those who loved him will love him always. Continue reading the main story. Go to Home Page . news.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; Gray, Andrew . 1931-2001; Whittall, Mary. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, Composers. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press.