The bride of the wind : the life and times of Alma Mahler-Werfel / Susanne Keegan.
| Author/creator |
Keegan, Susanne |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1st American ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Viking, 1992. |
| Description | xvi, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Contents | The heroic model -- The old order -- Liebestod -- Music's command -- The pleasures of heaven -- The wound of sorrow -- The farewell -- Consolations -- The bride of the wind -- The green fields -- Currents of intoxication -- Requiem for an angel -- Into the new world -- The dance of death -- And the bridge is love. |
| Abstract | This volume is biography of Viennese-born socialite Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Mahler became well known in her youth for her beauty and vivacity. She became the wife, successively, of composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, and novelist Franz Werfel, as well as the consort of several other prominent men. Born in Austria, Alma saw her native Vienna decline from the peak of its glory, weathered World War I and the Weimar years, survived three children, and made a hairbreadth escape from the Nazis by fleeing to America, where she died at the age of eighty-five. The author further paints the portrait of Alma -- a gifted musician who sublimated her own talent, and an anti-Semite who married two Jews and became a refugee from Hitler. |
| General note | Originally published: London : Secker & Warburg, 1991. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331) and index. |
| LCCN | 92006727 |
| ISBN | 0670805130 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | DB844.M34 E94 1992 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |