Wagner and Verdi: Gesamtkunstwerk and Modern Business

Francisco Cabrillo ()
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Francisco Cabrillo: Complutense University of Madrid

Chapter Chapter 8 in On Music, Money and Markets, 2023, pp 163-184 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi were the two most important opera composers of the 19th century. Born in the same year, 1813, their lives were very different, as different were their businesses. A paradox arises when their works and lives are compared. On the one hand, Wagner was the innovative and revoltionary musician, while Verdfi was a more conservative composer. But on the other hand, as far as their economic activities are concerned, Verdi was the modern man, who understood how business worked in the opera market. Wagner, however, followed the old tradition of the artists that needed a patron to get a substantial part of their income. In business Wagner was the old artist and Verdi the new one.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43226-2_8

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