Author:Bryan Magee
Wagner was one of the few major composers who studied philosophy seriously. Bryan Magee places the composer's artistic development in the context of the philosophy of his age, and gives us the first detailed and comprehensive study of the close links between Wagner and the philosophers - from the pre-Marxist socialists to Feuerbach and Schopenhauer. Magee explores the relationship between words and music, between the conscious and the unconscious mind, between art and philosophy. It tackles soberly and judiciously the Wagner whose paranoia, egocentricity and anti-semitism are repugnant, as well as the Wagner of artistic genius. The resulting text illuminates Wagner and the music-dramas in altogether new ways.
'The definitive history of British pop
—— Observer Music Monthly"one of the most fascinating, revealing and enjoyable journeys through 50 years of the UK record business"
—— Music Week`Here you get a great autobiography of a very experienced man (he famously managed Wham!), who describes in great detail the advent of the pop industry and, of course, all the pitfalls that have become associated with it.
—— Mousse T, singer , Sunday TimesKelly has proved that he is one of Ireland's best emerging talents with a substantial gift for comic writing
—— Irish NewsRich in familiar horrors but full of weird surprises
—— ObserverKelly communicates a deep love for the simple and profound influence of music
—— Big IssueWitty and well observed and, on the subject of music, inspiring
—— Sunday TribuneCaptivating . . . an emotional memoir . . . The author takes readers on a roller-coaster ride from the height of Hollywood fame to his darkest days . . . In one heartbreaking passage, Reeve writes how he wanted to die after his Memorial Day accident until his wife urged him to live
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