The Flying Dutchman in Full Score During a long and productive

During a long and productive life

Reprint of the 1927 edition

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The Flying Dutchman in Full Score During a long and productiveIn The Flying Dutchman, finished in 1841 and first presented at Dresden in 1843, Wagner achieved the first true representation of his mature style as a German Romantic composer. As in his later works, the opera is based on legend, with a simple outline and a small number of profoundly significant characters. There is also a greater reliance on the use of leitmotivs than in his previous operas, and a textual and musical unity new to the composer's