Friedelind Wagner by Eva Rieger
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.
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 book as a whole. * MUSIC & LETTERS *
Packed with scrupulously researched detail and judicious evaluations. Rieger is eminently balanced in her assessment of Friedelind's virtues and weaknesses. The life she describes is a life of missed opportunities and thwarted ambition, in which a compassionate, free-willed, principled woman pays a heavy price for her independence of spirit. * WAGNER JOURNAL *
A fascinating biography. . . . Chris Walton's translation of Eva Rieger's compelling narrative reads well. . . . Her story made an equalling uplifting read. * MUSIC WEB INTERNATIONAL *
A loving, illuminating tribute to this unusual, bighearted woman who was all too often written off as a silly eccentric and traitor after the war. * BLOOMBERG NEWS, January 2014 *
This disturbing book will arouse a decent measure of sympathy for the dispossessed Friedelind, an unsung victim of the Wagner fantasy. * WALL STREET JOURNAL, January 2014 *
A scrupulously researched book. . . . Photographs are handsomely presented, as indeed is the book as a whole. * MUSIC & LETTERS *
Packed with scrupulously researched detail and judicious evaluations. Rieger is eminently balanced in her assessment of Friedelind's virtues and weaknesses. The life she describes is a life of missed opportunities and thwarted ambition, in which a compassionate, free-willed, principled woman pays a heavy price for her independence of spirit. * WAGNER JOURNAL *
A fascinating biography. . . . Chris Walton's translation of Eva Rieger's compelling narrative reads well. . . . Her story made an equalling uplifting read. * MUSIC WEB INTERNATIONAL *
A loving, illuminating tribute to this unusual, bighearted woman who was all too often written off as a silly eccentric and traitor after the war. * BLOOMBERG NEWS, January 2014 *
This disturbing book will arouse a decent measure of sympathy for the dispossessed Friedelind, an unsung victim of the Wagner fantasy. * WALL STREET JOURNAL, January 2014 *
EVA RIEGER is professor emeritus in historical musicology at the University of Bremen. CHRIS WALTON teaches music history at the Basel Academy of Music in Switzerland, is an Honorary Professor at Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University in South Africa) and runs a research project at the Bern Academy of the Arts for the Swiss National Science Foundation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843838647 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843838648 |
| Title | Friedelind Wagner |
| Author | Eva Rieger |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 364 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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