WAGNER'S PARSIFAL AS RETOLD OLIVER HUCKEL~ILUST~HB~1903

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WAGNER'S PARSIFAL RETOLD OLIVER HUCKEL~ILUST~HB~1903Wagner's Parsifal Hardcover – Illustrated, 1903 by Oliver Huckel (Author)Given as a Christmas gift December 25, 1903. Inscribed on inside page.1st American edition bound in red blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering. 5 b&w illustrations by Franz Stassen, 12mo size, 71pp.Hardcover: 70 pagesComes with Book page marker that came with book probably when purchased and in mint condition. "Special Type by the Merrymount Press." Cost was $1.00 at the time.Publisher: Thomas D. Crowell; 1st American Edition edition (1903)Language: EnglishParsifal is an opera in three acts by German composer Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a 13th-century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his quest for the Holy Grail (12th century).Parsifal (WWV 111) is an opera in three acts by German composer Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a 13th-century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his quest for the Holy Grail (12th century).Wagner conceived the work in April 1857, but did not finish it until 25 years later. It was his last completed opera, and in composing it he took advantage of the particular acoustics of his Bayreuth Festspielhaus.Parsifal was first produced at the second Bayreuth read more