Hans von Wolzogen
German editor (1848–1938)
Baron Hans Paul von Wolzogen (13 November 1848 in Potsdam – 2 June 1938 in Bayreuth), was a German man of letters, editor and publisher. He is best known for his connection with Richard Wagner.
Childhood
Wolzogen's father, Alfred von Wolzogen, was a court theatrical director in Schwerin; his mother (a daughter of the famous architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel) died when her son was two years old. As a schoolboy, Wolzogen was already interested in music and the theatre.
It was while on his honeymoon in 1872 that he first visited Bayreuth, where shortly before, on 22 May (Wagner's birthday), the foundation-stone had been laid for the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
In Bayreuth
Wagner invited Wolzogen to Bayreuth in 1877 to edit the Wagnerian publication Bayreuther Blätter. Wolzogen stayed at that post until his death.
From 1878 he lived on the Schillerstrasse, not far from Wagner's house Wahnfried.
After Wagner's death Wolzogen became a central figure of the so-called 'Wahnfried circle', which tried to load the dead master's work with pseudo-religious meaning.
Literary work
Wolzogen produced a biography of Wagner and several essays.
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