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Wagner, Gottfried Twilight of the Wagners: The Unveiling of a Family's Legacy
New York, New York, U.S.A. Picador USA 2000 0312264046 / 9780312264048 Trade Paperback Very Good
Very-good condition. Remainder mark on bottom (outside page edges). NO clippings. Covers show light wear (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. 310 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis: In Twilight of the Wagners, Gottfried Wagner chronicles his family's connection with National Socialism, from his great-grandfather's anti-Semitic pamphlets to his father's, uncle's and grandparent's close relationship with Adolf Hitler. Gottfried's discovery of his family's controversial past has led him on an impassioned crusade as an adult to examine the hatred and racism he knew growing up in Bayreuth where the family's annual festivals in honor Richard Wagner's operas are major cultural events. Library Journal: Gottfried, the great-grandson of Richard, indulges himself with this opportunity to lash out at everybody who has ever done him wrong, reducing what could have been a fascinating family memoir to just another tale of a dysfunctional clan. The bad guys, especially Gottfried's father, Wolfgang, are mostly within the family. Beyond them, any art critic, musician, or politician that ever crossed Gottfried is always reduced to rage by a perfect comeback or Gottfried's righteous indignation. This autobiography strings together one anecdote after another, an exercise in intense navel gazing. It's a pity, for Wagner could have told a compelling story of the Bayreuth Festival's relationship to the Nazis, anti-Semitism, and postwar Germany, but he fails. Of interest to Wagner and opera scholars who want an inside view of Bayreuth's feuds; recommended for larger academic libraries with an extensive interest in music history or opera.--Randall L. Schroeder, Wartburg Coll. Lib., Waverly, IA Biography: Gottfried Wagner was born in Bayreuth, Germany, in 1947. He works internationally as a lecturer, stage and video director, music historian, and writer, and is a founder of the Post Holocaust Dialog Group. He lives in Italy with his wife and son.
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Wagner, Gottfried Twilight of the Wagners: The Unveiling of a Family's Legacy
New York, New York, U.S.A. Picador USA 2000 0312264046 / 9780312264048 Trade Paperback Very Good +
Very-good+ condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers show light wear (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. 310 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis: In Twilight of the Wagners, Gottfried Wagner chronicles his family's connection with National Socialism, from his great-grandfather's anti-Semitic pamphlets to his father's, uncle's and grandparent's close relationship with Adolf Hitler. Gottfried's discovery of his family's controversial past has led him on an impassioned crusade as an adult to examine the hatred and racism he knew growing up in Bayreuth where the family's annual festivals in honor Richard Wagner's operas are major cultural events. Library Journal: Gottfried, the great-grandson of Richard, indulges himself with this opportunity to lash out at everybody who has ever done him wrong, reducing what could have been a fascinating family memoir to just another tale of a dysfunctional clan. The bad guys, especially Gottfried's father, Wolfgang, are mostly within the family. Beyond them, any art critic, musician, or politician that ever crossed Gottfried is always reduced to rage by a perfect comeback or Gottfried's righteous indignation. This autobiography strings together one anecdote after another, an exercise in intense navel gazing. It's a pity, for Wagner could have told a compelling story of the Bayreuth Festival's relationship to the Nazis, anti-Semitism, and postwar Germany, but he fails. Of interest to Wagner and opera scholars who want an inside view of Bayreuth's feuds; recommended for larger academic libraries with an extensive interest in music history or opera.--Randall L. Schroeder, Wartburg Coll. Lib., Waverly, IA Biography: Gottfried Wagner was born in Bayreuth, Germany, in 1947. He works internationally as a lecturer, stage and video director, music historian, and writer, and is a founder of the Post Holocaust Dialog Group. He lives in Italy with his wife and son.
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