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Friedelind Wagner: Richard Wagner's Rebellious Granddaughter
Eva Rieger
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The first-ever biography of Richard Wagner's artistically gifted granddaughter who fought against Hitler's Germany but achieved no personal success for her troubles. She was not the 'black sheep' of her family, as often claimed, but a heroic rebel. Friedelind Wagner (1918-1991), Richard Wagner's independent-minded granddaughter, daughter of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner, despised her mother'sclose liaison with Adolf Hitler and was the only member of the Wagner clan who fled Germany in protest. Although Winifred warned her that the Nazis would 'exterminate' her, should she continue her open opposition, she travelled toLondon and published articles pillorying the Nazi élite. All ... Read more
The first-ever biography of Richard Wagner's artistically gifted granddaughter who fought against Hitler's Germany but achieved no personal success for her troubles. She was not the 'black sheep' of her family, as often claimed, but a heroic rebel. Friedelind Wagner (1918-1991), Richard Wagner's independent-minded granddaughter, daughter of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner, despised her mother'sclose liaison with Adolf Hitler and was the only member of the Wagner clan who fled Germany in protest. Although Winifred warned her that the Nazis would 'exterminate' her, should she continue her open opposition, she travelled toLondon and published articles pillorying the Nazi élite. All ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell Press
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838647
SKU
V9781843838647
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About Eva Rieger
EVA RIEGER is professor emeritus in historical musicology at the University of Bremen. Chris Walton is an Honorary Professor at Stellenbosch University. He has written and translated several books on Austro-German and Swiss music.
Reviews for Friedelind Wagner: Richard Wagner's Rebellious Granddaughter
Eva Rieger, in her impeccably researched and highly readable biography of Friedelind Wagner . . . is both admirably forthright and even-handed. . . . The biography, published originally in Germany, has been translated sympathetically and accurately by Chris Walton.
THE WAGNER JOURNAL
A scrupulously researched book. . . . Photographs are handsomely presented, as indeed is the ... Read more
THE WAGNER JOURNAL
A scrupulously researched book. . . . Photographs are handsomely presented, as indeed is the ... Read more