Bücher von Gustav Kobbe

Famous Actors And Actresses And Their Homes is a book written by Gustav Kobbe that offers a fascinating insight into the private lives of some of the most celebrated actors and actresses of all time. The book is a collection of stories and anecdotes about the homes and personal lives of famous actors and actresses from the 19th and early 20th centuries.The book features profiles of actors and actresses such as Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Ellen Terry, and Henry Irving, among others. Each profile includes a description of the actor or actress's home, along with stories about their personal lives, relationships, and careers.The book also includes photographs and illustrations of the homes and the actors and actresses themselves, providing a visual representation of the world they inhabited.Famous Actors And Actresses And Their Homes is a fascinating look at the lives of some of the most iconic figures in the history of theater and film, and a must-read for anyone interested in the history of acting and celebrity culture.With Numerous Illustrations From Photographs.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

The German poet Mathilde Wesendonck (1828-1902), author of the texts of the Wesendonck Lieder, was the wife of Wagner's patron, the wealthy silk merchant Otto Wesendonck. From 1852 until 1858, the Wagners lived next to the Wesendoncks in Zurich and an intense relationship developed between Wagner and Mathilde, subsequently reflected in the impossible love at the heart of his opera Tristan und Isolde. Prepared by the American musicologist Gustav Kobbe (18578), who provides a helpful connecting narrative, this 1905 translation of a selection of 'the most intimate and striking' of Wagner's impassioned letters to Mathilde charts the course of the opera's creation. Written between 1853 and 1863, the letters show Wagner thinking aloud not only about Tristan but also the planning of Parsifal. As Mathilde's letters to Wagner were destroyed, the exact nature of their relationship and of her inspiration musically will never be fully established.