The Ring of Truth

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9.99
book_author_name: 
Roger Scruton
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Paperback
publisher: 
Penguin Books Ltd
published_date: 
01/06/2017
isbn: 
9780141980720
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Books > Entertainment > Music > Musical styles & genres > Romantic music: 1830 to 1900
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Roger Scruton|Paperback|Penguin Books Ltd|01/06/2017
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9780141980720
Book Description: 
The Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times. Roger Scruton's brilliant and passionate exploration of the drama, music, symbolism and philosophy of Wagner's masterpiece - with its themes of love, death, sacrifice and freedom - shows how, ultimately, it expresses the truth about the human condition. 'The ideal interpreter of the Ring ...a fascinating and valuable study ...absorbing and convincing' -  Sunday Times 'Highly original and penetrating ...tremendous'  - Tim Blanning, Literary Review 'A rich, historical account ...After reading this book, only the most unadventurous reader would turn down the chance to see Wagner's masterpiece' - Economist 'A brilliant gallop through the master's religious, musical and philosophical contexts' - Sue Prideaux, Spectator 'Scruton is one of the finest philosopher-musicians since Schopenhauer' - Jonathan Gaisman, Standpoint

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