Painful Story of Musical Genius
HOSE of my listeners who are interested in musie and musicians might like to read The Young Cosima. I can hardly say you might enjoy it, This book tells the story of Liszt’s daughter, Cosima, and the famous musician and critic, Hass von Bulow, down to the moment when, after a long period of infidelity with Wagner, more or less condoned by her husband, she finally breaks away from von Bulow and her children, and goes off to join the great musician. The story is exceedingly painful, for von Bulow adored Wagner and devoted the best years of his life to his service. It depicts vividly the strange, wayward character of the great genius, and the atmosphere of jealousy, intrigue and passionate enmities and friendships that enveloped him. It is, in fact, an acute and sympathetic story of genius, especially musical genius, as displayed in the persons of Liszt, Wagner, von Bulow, and some lesser lights, and of the peculiar personality of Cosima-her unfortunate marriage, her relatidn to her beloved father, and the long conflict of loyalties in her soul while she wavered between her’ clever but ferocious husband and the stupendous erratic composer, to both of whom she seemed a n aid-in fact, neither of them could face life without her.-("A Few Minutes with Women Novelists: H, H. Richardson,’ Margaret Johnston, 2YA, June 7.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 106, 4 July 1941, Page 5
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