Mein Leben. Zweiter Band
- Author: Richard Wagner
- ISBN: 9780543946393
- ISBN: 9780543946386
- Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by F. Bruckmann A.G. in München, 1911. This book is in German. This book contains 359 pages.
- Edition: Elibron Classics
- Book ID: 10004775
By all accounts one of the most narcissistic men ever to put pen to paper, Richard Wagner was a revolutionizing force in the world of nineteenth-century music. In the Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle and elsewhere, Wagner's expanded tonal vocabulary and use of leitmotifs - both of which would resonate through the succeeding decades - were juxtaposed with an inflated philosophy that would have a profound impact on the young philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.