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Ernest Newman

Born

in Liverpool, The United Kingdom

November 30, 1868

Died

July 07, 1959

Genre

Nonfiction, Music, Biography

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Noted music critic and musicologist, Newman made his name writing for The Sunday Times, and is still regarded as one of the 20th century's most eminent critics. ...more

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Average rating: 4.31 · 206 ratings · 15 reviews · 203 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wagner Operas 4.39 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1949 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Richard Wagner 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1933 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories Of The Great Operas And Their Composers (3 V. In 1)) (Music Book Index) 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1930 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Richard Wagner. Vol 1, 1813-48 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1933 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Richard Wagner, Vol 3, 1859-66 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1933 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Richard Wagner, Vol 2, 1848-60 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1933 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Richard Wagner, Vol 4. 1866-83 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wagner: As Man and Artist 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1914 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seventeen Famous Operas 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1954 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Stories of Famous Operas 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1943 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.”
― Ernest Newman

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“Was he so ignorant of human nature as not to know that a comfortable bank balance and an appreciation of good food and tobacco and well-cut clothes and jewels can go perfectly well in practice, in normal beings, with the keenest sensibility to the spiritualities of art?”
― Ernest Newman, Life of R Wagner Vol 4

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