Richard Wagner

“[An] intriguing exploration of the composer’s life and thought as exemplified by his music. An excellent biography.” — Library Journal Best known for the four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung , Richard Wagner (1813–83) was a conductor, librettist, theater director, and essayist, in addition to being the composer of some of the most enduring operatic works in history. Though his influence on the development of European music is indisputable, Wagner was also quite outspoken on the politics an