SKU: BR.BV-417
Complete Letters in 35 Volumes and Supplements. Composed by Richard Wagner. Edited by Martin Durrer. Linen. Buchverlag Breitkopf & Hartel (Music Books). Romantic period. Complete Works. 800 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #BV 417. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.BV-417). ISBN 9783765104176. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. German.
Banned after Tristan world premiere The year 1865 held its fair share of highs and lows for Richard Wagner. The artistic high point was the much-acclaimed Munich world premiere of Tristan, which had been considered unplayable up to then. Wagner also envisioned a music and art school in Munich, as well as a festival theater on the River Isar. King Ludwig II was thus his most important correspondent in this year, as Wagner described his projects to his royal patron in great detail. By the end of the year, however, public pressure against the composer had taken on such dimensions that Ludwig had to banish him from Bavaria. Wagner left the Bavarian capital for Switzerland...
