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Wagner as I Knew Him
Ferdinand Praeger
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Book / Essay related to Richard Wagner, by Ferdinand Praeger.
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Ferdinand Praeger. Wagner as I Knew Him. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892.
- Title
- Wagner as I Knew Him
- Author
- Ferdinand Praeger
- Edition
- First English edition, 1892.
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place
- London
- Year
- 1892
- Language
- English
- Type
- Memoir / primary-source testimony
SCOPE & CONTENT
Personal recollections by a musician who knew Wagner and helped arrange his 1855 Philharmonic Society concerts in London.
RESEARCH VALUE
Historically important but controversial: several anecdotes and documentary claims were challenged by later biographers, so the volume must be used critically.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTEXT
First English edition, 1892. Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1892. The record is indexed by normalized title and author variants so it remains discoverable when a PDF filename is shortened or inconsistent.
RESEARCH VALUE
Historically important but controversial: several anecdotes and documentary claims were challenged by later biographers, so the volume must be used critically.
DIGITAL ARCHIVE DATA
- Format
- File size
- 833.7 KB
- Subjects / people
- Books & Essays · Composers · Historical Documents · Richard Wagner · Biographies & Monographs · Contemporary Testimony · Essays & Reception
- Catalogue completeness
- 6 / 10 core bibliographic fields