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English. xiv, 409 p., [16] p. of plates : 24 cm. A family saga that mirrors Germany's rise, fall, and resurrection. Richard Wagner was many things-- composer, philosopher, philanderer, failed revolutionary, and virulent anti-Semite-- and his descendants have carried on his complex legacy.
A family saga that mirrors Germany's rise, fall, and resurrection. Richard Wagner was many things--composer, philosopher, philanderer, failed revolutionary, and virulent anti-Semite--and his descendants have carried on his complex legacy. Here, biographer Jonathan Carr retraces the path of the renowned composer and his descendants, showing how ...
After the war’s devastation, the festival was dark for a decade until Wagner’s offspring with characteristic ambition and cunning revived it. The Wagner Clan is a riveting chronicle of the ascent, decline, and rehabilitation of the German nation and its most infamous family.
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English. xiv, 409 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm. Through two world wars, Nazi dictatorship and foreign occupation, the Wagner clan - Germany's most famous family - has played host to many of the greatest and ghastliest figures in the arts and politics.
After the war’s devastation, the festival was dark for a decade until Wagner’s offspring—with characteristic ambition and cunning—revived it. With the sweeping scope of a Wagnerian opera, The Wagner Clan is a riveting chronicle of the ascent, decline, and rehabilitation of the German nation and its most infamous family.
The Wagner Clan is a riveting chronicle of the ascent, decline, and rehabilitation of the German nation and its most infamous family.
