The Wagners:
The Dramas of a Musical Dynasty
Nike Wagner
Translated by Ewald Osers and Michael Downes

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ADDITIONAL REVIEWS:

"I approached this book (as one approaches any book by any Wagner) with skepticism, but ended up being very impressed. . . . What Nike Wagner writes about the Ring, Die Meistersinger, and Parsifal, in particular, is a good deal more intelligent, clear eyed, and provocative than much else that has been turned out about these works recently. . . . Very smartly written and excellently translated, Nike's baleful family saga is fascinating to read, well worth your time even if you hate Wagner."--Joseph Kerman, New York Review of Book

ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENTS:

"Nike Wagner has a sophisticated and subtle mind. Her intellectual and artistic credentials are formidable, and she writes in a highly polished, witty, and allusive style that is enormously rewarding. In this book, she performs a tour de force. . . . As a piece of cultural history--a discipline that is nowadays widely practiced in a variety of deformed jargons, but is here a contribution itself to culture--this book is exemplary. It is a virtuoso performance."--Michael Tanner, Cambridge University, author of Wagner

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