Richard Wagner and the jews / Milton E. Brener.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brener, Milton E., 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883--Relations with Jews.

Wagner, Richard.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Antisemitism--Germany--History--19th century.

Antisemitism.

Relations with Jews.

Germany.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 333 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]

Summary:

"The contradictions between Wagner's antipathy toward the amorphous entity "The Jews" and his genuine friendships with individual Jews are the subject of this book. Drawing on sources, including his autobiography and diary and the diaries of his second wife, this treatment of Wagner's anti-Semitism is the first to place it in perspective with his life and work"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Zurich. The Asyl ; The fugitive ; Minna ; The Paris Jews ; The essay ; Tausig

Paris and Vienna. The break with Minna

Tristan und Isolde

Tannhäuser in Paris ; Vienna ; Penury ; Biebrich on the Rhine ; The Vienna Jews ; Flight from creditors

Munich. King Ludwig ; Cosima ; The first Tristan ; Exile from Munich

Lucerne. Triebschen ; Die Meistersinger ; Cosima's diaries ; "Judaism in music" : the second publication ; Das Rheingold brouhaha ; The turn of Die Walküre ; Wagner and the French ; Death of Tausig

Bayreuth I : the first festival ; Rubinstein and preparations for The Ring ; The scapegoats ; The first festival ; Neumann

Bayreuth II : Levi and Neumann. The young Hermann Levi ; The Brahms-Levi friendship ; The breach with Brahms ; A study in malice ; Declining health : worsening temperament ; The strangest synagogue ; Distance from Porges, closeness to Rubinstein ; Neumann and the Berlin Ring ; Neumann and the traveling Wagner Opera Company

Bayreuth III : the second festival. Levi and Parsifal ; Lichtenberg and the Knieses ; Wagnerphobia ; Glimpses of the other side ; The final days.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326) and index.

ISBN:

0786423706

OCLC:

62330892