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The Wagner clan / Jonathan Carr

Av:

Carr, Jonathan

Utgivning: London : Faber and Faber, 2007Beskrivning: xiv, 409 s., [16] pl.-sISBN:

978-0-571-20785-5

Ämne:

DDK-klassifikation:

780.92 22 (machine generated)

SAB-klassifikation:

Ijz Wagner

Innehåll:

Innehåller längre avsnitt om Houston Stewart Chamberlaine och Winifred Wagner

Sammanfattning: For well over a century, the Wagner clan has run the Bayreuth Festival and played host to many of the greatest and ghastliest figures in the arts and politics. Its members have also regularly battled one another - indeed, with its jealousy, greed, passion and intrigue the Wagner family saga is as riveting as any opera. Drawing on extensive interviews with members of the family and on both archive and recent material, Jonathan Carr - author of a highly praised biography of Mahler - presents a portrait of the Wagners and their circle. He takes a fresh look at hotly controversial matters such as Richard Wagner's antisemitism and the family's role during the Third Reich. Not least, he underlines the decisive roles played in Bayreuth over decades by two British-born members of the clan, both of them fervent admirers of Adolf Hitler.

Holdings ( 2 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A	B25.525		1	Available		26201809781
Book	Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A	B26.459		1	Available		26201816642

Total holds: 0

Innehåller längre avsnitt om Houston Stewart Chamberlaine och Winifred Wagner

For well over a century, the Wagner clan has run the Bayreuth Festival and played host to many of the greatest and ghastliest figures in the arts and politics. Its members have also regularly battled one another - indeed, with its jealousy, greed, passion and intrigue the Wagner family saga is as riveting as any opera. Drawing on extensive interviews with members of the family and on both archive and recent material, Jonathan Carr - author of a highly praised biography of Mahler - presents a portrait of the Wagners and their circle. He takes a fresh look at hotly controversial matters such as Richard Wagner's antisemitism and the family's role during the Third Reich. Not least, he underlines the decisive roles played in Bayreuth over decades by two British-born members of the clan, both of them fervent admirers of Adolf Hitler.

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