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CHRIS WALTON teaches music history at the Basel Academy of Music in Switzerland, is an Honorary Professor at Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University in South Africa) and runs a research project at the Bern Academy of the Arts for the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Just when one thinks everything that could possibly be written about Wagner has been written, along comes a new point of view.... There are real surprises here and many an obscurity brightened up or revealed .... The writing is erudite... an important addition to the Wagner bibliography.
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
The connections and meetings among contemporary composers such as Hünerwadel, Baumgartner, Eschmann and Wagner that Walton brings out are striking, [as are] the similarities that he establishes between Wagner and Brahms, like Wagner a friend of Swiss landscape and culture.
SCHWEIZER MUSIKZEITUNG
Walton's deep knowledge of his subject allows him to draw subtle and unexpected connections throughout.... meticulously researched and highly readable...packed with information and insight on a crucial decade of Wagner's life: a must-buy for Wagner scholars and enthusiasts.
THE WAGNER JOURNAL
Filling in many gaps ..., [this book] has the feel of freshly discovered research materials.... In a detailed analysis of [Mathilde Wesendonck's] relationship with Wagner ... Walton presents the convincing (and still quite novel) view that, far from being Wagner's 'white piece of paper,' she 'became an important sounding-board for [his] plans and theories.
GRAMOPHONE
[Examines] details of extant scores and orchestral parts from Wagner's performances of, for instance, Mozart's 'Jupiter' Symphony ... almost recreating in our minds a few moments from actual concerts. This chapter was thrilling from start to finish.
MUSIC & LETTERS
Anyone interested in Wagner the man and composer should seek out this work.
NOTES
[Walton's] virtuoso knowledge of day-to-day data enables [him] to trace in detail Wagner's dealings with musicians, publishers and others, with some surprising conclusions about Wagner the man and artist. .. His depth of research, his discovery of important aspects of Wagner's Zurich period, and his comments on the music, stylistic rather than analytical, enrich us with a fuller than ever picture of Wagner's personal and artistic development at a crucial period.
NINETEENTH CENTURY MUSIC REVIEW
Just when one thinks everything that could possibly be written about Wagner has been written, along comes a new point of view.... There are real surprises here and many an obscurity brightened up or revealed .... The writing is erudite... an important addition to the Wagner bibliography.
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
The connections and meetings among contemporary composers such as Hünerwadel, Baumgartner, Eschmann and Wagner that Walton brings out are striking, [as are] the similarities that he establishes between Wagner and Brahms, like Wagner a friend of Swiss landscape and culture.
SCHWEIZER MUSIKZEITUNG
Walton's deep knowledge of his subject allows him to draw subtle and unexpected connections throughout.... meticulously researched and highly readable...packed with information and insight on a crucial decade of Wagner's life: a must-buy for Wagner scholars and enthusiasts.
THE WAGNER JOURNAL
Filling in many gaps ..., [this book] has the feel of freshly discovered research materials.... In a detailed analysis of [Mathilde Wesendonck's] relationship with Wagner ... Walton presents the convincing (and still quite novel) view that, far from being Wagner's 'white piece of paper,' she 'became an important sounding-board for [his] plans and theories.
GRAMOPHONE
[Examines] details of extant scores and orchestral parts from Wagner's performances of, for instance, Mozart's 'Jupiter' Symphony ... almost recreating in our minds a few moments from actual concerts. This chapter was thrilling from start to finish.
MUSIC & LETTERS
Anyone interested in Wagner the man and composer should seek out this work.
NOTES
[Walton's] virtuoso knowledge of day-to-day data enables [him] to trace in detail Wagner's dealings with musicians, publishers and others, with some surprising conclusions about Wagner the man and artist. .. His depth of research, his discovery of important aspects of Wagner's Zurich period, and his comments on the music, stylistic rather than analytical, enrich us with a fuller than ever picture of Wagner's personal and artistic development at a crucial period.
NINETEENTH CENTURY MUSIC REVIEW