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Old violins and violin lore, 1900
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1BOOKS ABOUT MUSICIANS AND THEIR WORKS.
3OPERA AND DRAMA. By Richard Wagner. Translated by Edwin Evans. Opera and the Essence of Music, The Stage-Play and Dramatical Poetic Art in the Abstract, Poetry and Music in the Drama of the Future. 2 vols. Crown 8vo, cloth, 30s. net.
5The value of the study of Wagner's prose writing as an education to the musical student cannot be over-estimated, and amongst these prose writings "Opera and Drama" may be considered his principal critical and theoretical production. Without a study of its contents no true and lasting understanding of opera can be arrived at.
6Wagner writing to his friend Uhlig said:
8"Here you have my testament; I may as well die now—anything further that I could do seems to me a useless piece of luxury."
10Ernest Newman in "A Study of Wagner," writes: "Although there appears here and there in his prose-work something of the vast synthetic power of his musical imagination—such a work as 'Opera and Drama,' for instance, finally compelling our admiration for its tenacity of purpose and the breadth of vision that sweeps so far before and after."
12WAGNER'S PROSE WORKS. Translated by Wm. Ashton Ellis. Vol. I, The Art-Work of the Future, etc., 21s. net; Vol. II, Opera and Drama, out of print; Vol. III, The Theatre, 21s. net; Vol. IV, Art and Politics, 21s. net; Vol. V, Actors and Singers, out of print; Vol. VI, Religion and Art, out of print; Vol. VII, In Paris and Dresden, 35s. net; Vol. VIII, Posthumous, etc., 35s. net.
13Complete sets are occasionally available. Apply to the publishers of this list for particulars.
15DIARY OF A PILGRIM IN THE NETHERLANDS. The Holy Grail in Bruges and Other Impressions of Travel. Bruges, Courtrai, Tournai, Amsterdam, the Hague, Antwerp. By Rose Koenig. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. net (paper covers, 2s. net).
17HOW TO UNDERSTAND WAGNER'S "RING OF THE NIBELUNG." Being the Story and a Descriptive Analysis of the "Rheingold," the "Valkyr," "Siegfried" and the "Dusk of the Gods." With Musical Examples of the Leading Motives of Each Drama. By Gustave Kobbe. Together with a Sketch of Wagner's Life. By N. Kilburn, Mus.Bac. Cantab. Seventh Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. net.
19Description and analysis go hand in hand with the narration of the story. Musical examples are given as aids to the identification of the leading motives and an index makes it easy for any reader to turn up any particular motive instantly.
21MY RECOLLECTIONS OF RICHARD WAGNER. By August Lesimple. Post 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. net (paper covers, 2s. net).
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