TY - BOOK ID - 1756486 TI - Wagner beyond good and evil PY - 2008 SN - 9780520254534 0520254538 PB - Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Opera KW - Wagner, Richard, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Wagner, Richard KW - Composers KW - Opéra KW - Compositeurs UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1756486 AB - John Deathridge presents a different and critical view of Richard Wagner based on recent research that does not shy away from some unpalatable truths about this most controversial of composers in the canon of Western music. Deathridge writes authoritatively on what Wagner did, said, and wrote, drawing from abundant material already well known but also from less familiar sources, including hitherto seldom discussed letters and diaries and previously unpublished musical sketches. At the same time, Deathridge suggests that a true estimation of Wagner does not lie in an all too easy condemnation o ER -