tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post7454971315921206781..comments2024-03-18T09:22:11.316-04:00Comments on OPERA OBSESSION: Reading List: The Wagner ClanLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02549302523503271428noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-65720656496699037512012-07-20T21:03:26.196-04:002012-07-20T21:03:26.196-04:00DTO, there's not much about that early period,...DTO, there's not much about that early period, I'm afraid; it's covered briefly in Chapter 2, with a brief sketch of RW's connections and intellectual influences (Feuerbach, Proudhon,) but that's it; only primary sources are cited. The anecdote about sleeping officials at Tristan comes from the memoirs of Traudl Junge: one dozed off and nearly plunged over the box railing, saved by a companion at the last moment.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549302523503271428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-37648824967630951412012-07-19T17:05:16.856-04:002012-07-19T17:05:16.856-04:00(Christie, if you follow the link in the fist sent...(Christie, if you follow the link in the fist sentence, it seems that Amazon has a bargain price for this title currently at $11)<br /><br />Is there anything about Wagner's 1848 "leftist" period?<br /><br />Do tell more about the sleeping Nazi officials during Tristan, and how the sold-out houses and waiting lists became the norm for Bayreuth, SVP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-48950443474771652712012-07-19T04:31:28.414-04:002012-07-19T04:31:28.414-04:00This one's been on my list for awhile. It is, ...This one's been on my list for awhile. It is, alas, pricey. (Insert general whining about needing good books here.) Have you read "Cosima: The Lady of Bayreuth" by Oliver Hilmes? That's a spectacular biography, and replete with sources and endnotes. <br /><br />I just find the Wagners to be such a bizarre, interesting family.Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276355652503715188noreply@blogger.com