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Cosima Wagner : the lady of Bayreuth / Oliver Hilmes ; translated by Stewart Spencer.
LIBRA ML429.W133 H5513 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hilmes, Oliver.
- Standardized Title:
- Herrin des Hügels. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Wagner, Cosima, 1837-1930.
- Wagner, Cosima.
- Opera producers and directors--Germany--Bayreuth--Biography.
- Opera producers and directors.
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
- Wagner, Richard.
- Wagner family.
- Bayreuther Festspiele.
- Germany--Bayreuth.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner--illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans von Bulow, then mistress and subsequently wife of Richard Wagner. After Wagner's death in 1883 Cosima played a crucial role in the promulgation and politicization of his works, assuming control of the Bayreuth Festival and transforming it into a shrine to German nationalism. The High Priestess of the Wagnerian cult, Cosima lived on for almost fifty years, crafting the image of Richard Wagner through her organizational ability and ideological tenacity. The first book to make use of the available documentation at Bayreuth, this biography explores the achievements of this remarkable and obsessive woman while illuminating a still-hidden chapter of European cultural history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300152159
- 0300152159
- OCLC:
- 439210897
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