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1. Herbert
Barth, Dietrich Mack and Egon Voss. Wagner A Documentary
Study; Oxford University Press, NY (1975), 256pp.
2. John
Culshaw, Reflections on Wagner's Ring; Viking press,
NY (1976), 105pp.
3.John
Culshaw, Ring Resounding. Account of the First Recording
of Wagner's Ring; Viking Press, NY (1976), 276pp.
4. J.K.
Holman, Wagner's Ring: A listener's Companion and Concordance.
Amadeus Press, OR. (1996), 440pp. (A MUST for Ring devotees; fans
of traditional ring productions such as the MET's will love this book
written by a banker who is also an ardent music lover.)
5. Joseph
Horowitz, Wagner Nights.An American History; University
of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles (1994), 389pp.
6. Hans Meyer, Richard Wagner in Bayreuth; Rizzoli, NY(1976),
248pp.
7. Ernest
Newman, The Wagner Operas; Knopf, NY (1949), 724pp.
(THE book on Richard Wagner.)
8. Charles
Osborne, The World Theatre of Wagner; Macmillan
Publishing Co, Inc., NY (1982), 224 pp. (This book by a poet and one
of the world's foremost authorities on opera celebrates 150 years
of Wagner opera productions. It contains exceptional photographs and
distinguished commentary.)
9. George
Bernard Shaw, The Perfect Wagnerite; A Commentary
on the Nibelung's Ring. (first published 1898); Dover Publications,
N.Y. (1967), 136pp. (The Ring interpreted with a Socialist
twist.)
10. Frederic
Spotts, Bayreuth A History of the Wagner Festival;
Yale University Press, New Haven & London (1994), 334pp.
