Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Wagner's Dramas and Greek Tragedy
How closely related text and music are, can best be under stood from a letter written by Wagner in 1844, and translated in part by H. T. Finck in Wagner and His Works (ii, p. In the first place no subjects attract me except such as pre sent a musical as well as poetic import at the same time. Then, before I begin to make a verse, or even to project a scene, I am already intoxicated by the musical fragrance of my task. I have all the tones, all the characteristic motives in my head, so that when the verses are completed and the scenes arranged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
