Letter, Bayreuth, to Winifred Wagner

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{"value"=>"20045", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Letter, Bayreuth, to Winifred Wagner"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1944 Dec. 22", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1944-12-22"}

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1944

date_inclusive_end

1944

origination

{"value"=>"Wagner, Wieland, 1917-1966", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Wieland Wagner, grandson of Richard Wagner, was involved in various aspects of production of his grandfather's operas at Bayreuth. The recipient was his mother, Winifred Wagner, Richard's daughter-in-law.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>English translation of letter beginning \"Dear Mama\" about Hitler's request for a 1945 Bayreuth Festival. Wieland asks for more autonomy for himself and his brother Wolfgang in the productions and disputes Winifred Wagner's choice of Heinz Tietjen as artistic director. Translated from the German by Lt. Joseph Stein who was attached to G-5 Intelligence of General Patton's army during World War II.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"accession_number"=>"MUS"}

{"date"=>"1991", "source"=>"Stein, Ernest", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Stein, Ernest, 1991"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Typescript (carbon copy)</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

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eng

ger

keydate

1944-12-22

prefercite

{"value"=>"Letter, Bayreuth, to Winifred Wagner, Music Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Wieland Wagner, grandson of Richard Wagner, was involved in various aspects of production of his grandfather's operas at Bayreuth. The recipient was his mother, Winifred Wagner, Richard's daughter-in-law. English translation of letter beginning \"Dear Mama\" about Hitler's request for a 1945 Bayreuth Festival. Wieland asks for more autonomy for himself and his brother Wolfgang in the productions and disputes Winifred Wagner's choice of Heinz Tietjen as artistic director. Translated from the German by Lt. Joseph Stein who was attached to G-5 Intelligence of General Patton's army during World War II.", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1944-12-22

date_end

1944-12-22

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