Music Culture and Social Reform in the Age of Wagner

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Music  Culture and Social Reform in the Age of Wagner
Author : James Garratt
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Publisher : Unknown
Language : English
Release Date : 14 May 2014
ISBN : 1139042009
Pages : 306 pages
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A radical reappraisal of the left-wing politics at the heart of nineteenth-century German music and culture, first published in 2010.

Music  Culture and Social Reform in the Age of Wagner

A radical reappraisal of the left-wing politics at the heart of nineteenth-century German music and culture, first published in 2010.

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Music  Culture and Social Reform in the Age of Wagner

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