Wagner and Venice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barker, John W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2008.
Series:	Eastman studies in music.
Subjects:	Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883 > Travel > Italy > Venice. Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883 > Death and burial. Opera > Italy > Venice > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Richard Wagner absorbs Venice. The first encounter ; From visit to vacation ; From residence to mortality ; Venice in Wagner's eyes
Venice absorbs Richard Wagner. Watching ; Mourning ; Remembering : A German for the Germans ; Remembering : an Italian for the Italians
The 'Ring' comes to Venice. Italy, Venice, and 'Wagnerism' ; The 'wandering Wagnerians' ; Today the Fenice, tomorrow all Italy ; Venetian assessments
Wagner and Venice amalgamate. Memory and commemoration ; Surviving significance ; Epilogue : the seal of fiction
Addenda.