{"product_id":"2378-wagner-richard-uber-schauspieler-und-sanger-inscribed-presentation","title":"Wagner, Richard. (1813–1883) \"Über Schauspieler und Sänger,\" Inscribed Presentation Copy","description":"8vo. 86 pp. Inscribed by Wagner to Graf Doenhof on the first free endpage. Finely bound in full tan calf, with ornamental gilt and dry stamping to boards. Edges bumped and scuffed, overall a very fine copy.  While Wagner was a prolific letter-writer, we know of comparatively few signed presentation copies of his literary achievements.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Art ceases, strictly speaking, to be Art from the moment it presents itself as Art to our reflecting consciousness.\"  (from Über Schauspieler und Sänger)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Actors and Singers\" is one of Wagner's most influential writings, in which he challenges fundamental questions of aesthetic appreciation. In a letter to Wagner, Friedrich Nietzsche writes \"your splendid essay on 'Actors and Singers' has again kindled in me the desire to have some one make a comprehensive review from your researches and conclusions in the field of aesthetics, and thereby show what radical changes have taken place in regard to artistic viewpoints, - changes whereby these viewpoints have been deepended and intensified so that practically nothing remains of the traditional theories of 'Aesthetics.'\"","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093159563423,"sku":"2378","price":7000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Wagner_Schauspieler_Signed_3.jpg?v=1722186301","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/2378-wagner-richard-uber-schauspieler-und-sanger-inscribed-presentation","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}