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The Wagner Clan. The saga of Germany's most illustrious and infamous family.
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ISBN: 9780871139757 0871139758 Year: 2007 Publisher: New York, N.Y.,

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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 its history and that of Europe are intertwined. Along the way, Carr offers glimpses of Franz Liszt (whose illegitimate daughter Cosima married Wagner); Friedrich Nietzsche; Arthur Schopenhauer; Alberto Toscanini; Joseph Goebbels; Hermann Göring; and Adolf Hitler, a passionate fan of the Master's music and an adopted uncle to Wagner's grandchildren. All through the war the Bayreuth Festival, begun by the Master himself, was supported by Hitler, who had to fill out the meager audience with fighting men and SS officers. After the war, the festival was dark for a decade until Wagner's offspring--with characteristic ambition and cunning--revived it.--From publisher description.


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Carnaval in Nederland & België : alaaf !
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ISBN: 9027490023 9789027490025 Year: 1984 Publisher: Wijnegem Het Spectrum

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40 jaar trefpunt : Gentse Feesten
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ISBN: 9789053493656 Year: 2010 Publisher: Gent : Snoeck,

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Jours de fête : fêtes légales et jours fériés dans la France contemporaine.
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ISBN: 9782847344714 2847344713 Year: 2010 Publisher: Paris Tallandier

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J. Lalouette, professeure d'histoire, conduit une étude des jours fériés, qui correspondent à des fêtes républicaines, patriotiques, contestataires, folkloriques, religieuses ou militaires, sur plus de deux siècles. Elle rappelle qu'ils répondaient d'abord à une fonction religieuse ou politique mais que ceux-ci ont désormais pris une autre signification dans une société détachée de la religion.


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Boekman : tijdschrift voor kunst, cultuur en beleid
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ISSN: 15715949 09250239 ISBN: 9789066501577 Year: 2003 Publisher: Amsterdam Boekmanstichting


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Carnaval. Geschiedenis van het carnaval van Keizer Karel tot Eedje Anseele
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ISBN: 9072931890 9789072931894 Year: 2001 Publisher: Gent Mens en Kultuur

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