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The Esoteric
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Revival: Life of Richard Wagner Vol. IV (1904)
Fourth volume of Carl Francis Glasenapp's Life of Richard Wagner.
Richard Wagner
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Richard Strauss
'I know what I want, and I know what I meant when I wrote this. After all I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.' These words were addressed by Richard Strauss himself to the Royal Philharmonia Orchestra during rehearsal. This was in 1947 when Sir Thomas Beecham, to whom the author was then associate conductor, had organized a Strauss Festival which Strauss had come to London to attend. 'Everyone,' writes the author, 'was agog to see this legendary figure from the past, many of whose works--predominantly the earlier ones--are as much part of the classical repertoire as, for example, the Brahms symphonies. Was he really still alive?' Strauss's remark ...
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