TY - BOOK ID - 85473887 TI - Letters of Richard Wagner to Emil Heckel : With a Brief History of the Bayreuth Festivals AU - Wagner, Richard AU - Ellis, William Ashton AU - Heckel, Karl AU - Heckel, Emil PY - 2015 SN - 1139940686 1108078591 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Wagner, Richard, KW - Heckel, Emil, KW - Bayreuther Festspiele. KW - Heckel, Emile KW - Wagner, Wilhelm Richard, KW - Drach, Wilhelm, KW - Fājner, Rītshārd, KW - Vāgners, Richards, KW - Vagner, Rikhard, KW - Vagner, R. KW - Wagner, R. KW - Wagunā, R., KW - Vagneri, Rihard, KW - Wagner, Riccardo, KW - ואגנר, ריכארד, KW - ואגנר, ריכרד, KW - Baĭreĭtskiĭ festivalʹ KW - Bayreuth Festival KW - Festival de Bayreuth KW - Festival di Bayreuth KW - Richard-Wagner-Festspiele (Bayreuth, Germany) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85473887 AB - A great admirer of Richard Wagner, the music publisher Emil Heckel (1831-1908) founded the first Wagner Society in Mannheim in 1871. His purpose was to inspire others to help raise the necessary funds for the inaugural Bayreuth Festival. William Ashton Ellis (1852-1919) abandoned his medical career in order to devote himself to his Wagner studies. Best known for his translations of Wagner's prose works, he published in 1899 this English translation of Heckel's memoirs (originally edited by his son Karl), interwoven with letters from Wagner to Heckel, who is described by the composer as his 'energetic friend'. Notwithstanding the stylistic idiosyncrasies of the translation, the work provides a valuable first-hand account of the progress made towards establishing what would become one of the world's most prestigious music festivals. The letters span the years 1871 to 1883. ER -