US: University of Nebraska Press, Date: 1994. Paperback. Good. Saint Beethoven!. . . . He was clad in somewhat untidy houseclothes, with a red woolen scarf wrapped round his waist; long, bushy grey hair hung in d isorder from his head, and his gloomy, forbidding expression by no means te nded to reassure. . . ." When Wagner published the first collection of his writings he was pleased t o admit how well he wrote, even when young. Historians and musicians ever s ince have agreed that some of his most important and revelatory works were written when he was first establishing his reputation in Paris and Dresden. Pilgrimage to Beethoven and Other Essays provides translations of the firs t two volumes of his Gesammelte Schriften (1871-1873). These works reveal h ow committed he was to emphasizing Germanic qualities in his music and defi ne his opposition to the music of France and Italy. In addition to his influential essay on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, this vo lume includes two early essays on Germanic myth-"The Wibelungen" and "The N ibelungen-Myth"-his homages to Carl Maria von Weber, and the complete text of his autobiographical A German Musician in Paris, with its famous "Pilgri mage to Beethoven." The volume concludes with his "Plan of Organisation of a German National Th eatre" (1849), founded upon Beethoven's moral music. Listeners "inspired by Beethoven's music have been more active and energetic citizens-of-State th an those bewitched by Rossini, Bellini, and ...

University of Nebraska Press, Date: 1994. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1994. University of Nebraska Press ISBN 0803297637 9780803297630 [US]

University of Nebraska Press, Date: 1994-11-28. Paperback. Good. 1994. University of Nebraska Press ISBN 0803297637 9780803297630 [US]

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Paperback / softback. New. Historians and musicians ever since have agreed that some of the author's important and revelatory works were written when he was first establishing his reputation in Paris and Dresden. ISBN 0803297637 9780803297630 [GB]

University of Nebraska Press 1994 Paperback As New 0803297637. This book is like new; no remainder marks. It does have some shelfwear. Inside pages are clean.; 8 X 5.25 X 0.95 inches; 396 pages.