Rachel Orzech. Claiming Wagner for France: Music and Politics in the Parisian Press 1933–1944
Book Review by Leslie Sprout
Drew University
Context 49 (2023): 63–66
Published online: 14 Mar. 2024
Extract
Rachel Orzech’s book draws on two overlapping areas of musicological research: the French reception of Wagner from the composer’s early Paris sojourn (1839 to 1842) to the present day, and musical life in Paris during the Second World War.