{"product_id":"being-wagner-the-story-of-the-most-provocative-composer-who-ever-lived-9780525436188","title":"Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived","description":"\u003cb\u003eSimon Callow, the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eOrson Welles\u003c\/i\u003e, delivers a dazzling, swift, and accessible biography of the musical titan Richard Wagner and his profoundly problematic legacy--a fresh take for seasoned acolytes and the perfect introduction for new fans.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Wagner's music dramas have never been more popular or more divisive. His ten masterpieces, created against the backdrop of a continent in severe political and cultural upheaval, constitute an unmatched body of work. A man who spent most of his life in abject poverty, inspiring both critical derision and hysterical hero-worship, Wagner was a walking contradiction: belligerent, flirtatious, disciplined, capricious, demanding, visionary, and poisonously anti-Semitic. Acclaimed biographer Simon Callow evokes the intellectual and artistic climate in which Wagner lived and takes us through his most iconic works, from his pivotal successes in \u003ci\u003eThe Flying Dutchman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/i\u003e, to the musical paradigm shift contained in \u003ci\u003eTristan and Isolde\u003c\/i\u003e, to the apogee of his achievements in \u003ci\u003eThe Ring of the Nibelung\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParsifal\u003c\/i\u003e, which debuted at Bayreuth shortly before his death. \u003ci\u003eBeing Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life this towering figure, creator of the most sublime and most controversial body of work ever known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525436188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon Callow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239138750645,"sku":"9780525436188","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bcd5ed27-782d-42d0-9c43-92199bbac116.jpg?v=1770916917","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/being-wagner-the-story-of-the-most-provocative-composer-who-ever-lived-9780525436188","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}