This book is both a telling of operatic histories 'after' Richard Wagner, and a philosophical reflection upon the writing of those histories...
Why 1853? For many leading composers this year brought far-reaching changes to their lives: Brahms emerged from obscurity to celebrity, Schumann...
There are many biographies and articles about Frederick Delius's life (1862-1934), but there has never been a comprehensive book about his music until...
Despite the enormous and accelerating worldwide interest in Wagner leading to the bicentenary of his birth in 2013, his prose writings have received...