The Music Masters 2: After Beethoven To Wagner

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A fascinating survey of the Romantic era in classical music, The Music Masters 2: After Beethoven to Wagner chronicles the lives and legacies of the great composers who shaped Western music in the nineteenth century. Edited by A. L. Bacharach, this volume presents a rich panorama of musical genius, spanning the period from Beethoven's monumental later works through to the revolutionary operatic vision of Richard Wagner. Written with scholarly authority yet accessible prose, it details the personal histories, compositional breakthroughs, and cultural contexts of figures such as Schubert, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, and Verdi. A cornerstone of the celebrated Pelican series, the book argues that the Romantic composers fundamentally transformed the emotional and structural language of music, leaving an indelible mark on the art form that resonates to this day.