The Wagner Clan
The Saga of Germany's Most Illustrious and Infamous Family
(Sprache: Englisch)
An intriguing portrait of renowned composer Richard Wagner and his descendants examines the important legacy of the Wagner family in terms of the rise, fall, and resurrection of Germany in modern Europe, examining the relationship between Adolf Hitler and...
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An intriguing portrait of renowned composer Richard Wagner and his descendants examines the important legacy of the Wagner family in terms of the rise, fall, and resurrection of Germany in modern Europe, examining the relationship between Adolf Hitler and the Wagners and Richard Wagner's diverse roles as a musician, philosopher, philanderer, failed revolutionary, and anti-Semite.
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A family saga as riveting as any opera, and a matchless mirror of Germany's rise, fall, and resurrection. Richard Wagner was many thingscomposer, philosopher, philanderer, failed revolutionary, and virulent anti-Semiteand his descendants have carried on his complex legacy. Now, in The Wagner Clan , biographer Jonathan Carr retraces the path of the renowned composer and his descendants. Along the way, Carr offers glimpses of Franz Liszt (whose illegitimate daughter Cosima married Wagner); Friedrich Nietzsche; Arthur Schopenhauer; Alberto Toscanini; Joseph Goebbels; Hermann Göring; and the Wolf" himself, Adolf Hitler, a passionate fan of the Master's music and an adopted uncle to Wagner's grandchildren. Wagner's British-born daughter-in-law, Winifred, was a close friend of Hitler's and seemed momentarily positioned to marry him after the death of her husband. All through the war the Bayreuth Festival, begun by the Master himself, was supported by Hitler, who had to fill out the meager audience with fighting men and SS officers. After the war, the festival was dark for a decade until Wagner's offspringwith characteristic ambition and cunningrevived it.
Autoren-Porträt von Jonathan Carr
Jonathan Carr wurde 1942 in Berkhamsted bei London geboren. Mehr als drei Jahrzehnte war er Auslandskorrespondent der Financial Times, deren Büroleiter in Frankfurt und Bonn er später wurde. Für seine Reportagen aus Deutschland bekam er mehrere Preise. Als Wagner-Kenner und -Liebhaber besuchte er seit 1970 regelmäßig Bayreuth. Jonathan Carr verstarb im Juni 2008.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jonathan Carr
- 2007, 400 Seiten, Maße: 22,86 cm, Leinen, Englisch
- Verlag: Atlantic Monthly Press
- ISBN-10: 0871139758
- ISBN-13: 9780871139757
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.01.2008
Sprache:
Englisch
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