The Institute of Musicology at the Ludwig Maximilian University during National Socialism: the Career of the Wagner Scholar Alfred Lorenz
Journal: Music and Politics
Year: 2017

Parsifal, 1 however, I was obliged to engage with the legacy of Alfred Lorenz, whose monograph from 1933 was long regarded as the most comprehensive study of Parsifal. 2 In order to best understand the work of Alfred Lorenz at the Institute of Musicology, we must briefly sketch the developing stages of Wagner reception. The history of Wagner reception after the composer's death in 1883 is a complex story with dark contours. Important events in this development unfolded in Munich, and particularl