Parsifal

translator George Turner Phelps (active Cambridge, Massachusetts, early 20th century)

author Richard Wagner (Leipzig, 1813 - 1883, Venice)

publisher Gorham Press (American, 1900 - 1950)

Date1904

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions18 x 12.1 x 1.3 cm (7 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 1/2 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberv.2.a.3.21

eMuseum ID729909

EmbARK ObjectID25584

TMS Source ID9480

Last Updated8/9/24

Description1 vol., 85 p. 12°; 18 cm

Status

Not on view

Web Commentary

During Isabella’s lifetime, German composer Richard Wagner was at the epicenter of the classical music world. George Turner Phelps gave Isabella this libretto for Wagner's opera Parsifal.

Isabella admired Wagner’s work and went to great lengths to see his performances. She traveled many times to Bayreuth, where Wagner hosted an annual music festival, and attended his operas in the United States and Europe. Isabella’s libretto from Phelps, along with a second libretto for Parsifal, are housed in the Vatichino.

BibliographyNotesAna Barrett, "Belle of the Opera: Gardner and Wagner," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 20 July 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/belle-opera-gardner-and-wagner

MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on flyleaf): For a hint of appre-/ ciation of a glimpse of / Fenway Court / and for the good which her Giotto/ did his soul. / Mrs. Gardner / from / George Turner Phelps / Thanksgiving 1904.

ProvenanceNotesGift from the translator George Turner Phelps to Isabella Stewart Gardner.