Lies and Epiphanies: Composers and Their Inspiration from Wagner to Berg

by Chris Walton

Presents case studies of inspiration in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtw?ngler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world ofmoney and politics.

Lies and Epiphanies offers case studies of inspiration in five composers -- Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Wilhelm Furtw?ngler, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg. Their own tales of their epiphanies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580464777
• ISBN13: 9781580464772
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 6.1"