You might also like

More about Cosima Wagner

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 119 loyalty points

Book synopsis

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.

Book details

Book category Books in English The arts Music Music: styles & genres

• Full title: Cosima Wagner
• Author: Oliver Hilmes
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9780300170900
• ISBN: 0300170904
• ID: 04359467
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Weight: 438 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 130 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. April 2011

Trending among others

---

---

---