Manfred Eger
Manfred Eger (born September 17, 1927 in Wallenfels ; died February 29, 2016 in Bayreuth ) was a German journalist, writer and museum director.
biography
Eger's career began in the 1950s in the editorial team of the Bayreuth daily Fränkische Presse , where he worked as a culture editor and critic , as he later did for the Nordbayerischer Kurier . In 1973, Lord Mayor Hans Walter Wild entrusted the Richard Wagner researcher with the management of the Richard Wagner memorial , which he transferred to Wagner's Wahnfried residence in Bayreuth and expanded to become the Richard Wagner Museum. In addition, he played a key role in setting up the Jean-Paul and Franz Liszt museums in Bayreuth .
Eger designed exhibitions and broadcasts on the subject of Richard Wagner. He has written numerous publications, including several books.
Works
- Oddities about the Bayreuth triumvirate. Margravine Wilhelmine, Jean Paul, Richard Wagner . Druckhaus Bayreuth, Bayreuth 1975.
- Bayreuth profiles . Druckhaus Bayreuth, Bayreuth 1984, ISBN 978-3-922808-08-4 .
- Wagner and the Jews. Facts and background. A documentation of the exhibition in the Richard Wagner Museum Bayreuth . Druckhaus Bayreuth, Bayreuth 1985.
- Bayreuth. As we like it . Gondrom, Bindlach 1988, ISBN 978-3-8112-0570-3 .
- If I make war on Wagner. The Nietzsche case and the human, all-too-human . Neff, Vienna 1988, ISBN 978-3-7014-0262-5 .
- Nietzsche's Bayreuth Passion . 1st edition. Rombach, 2001, ISBN 978-3-7930-9283-4 .
- It succeeds every 5000 years. Richard and Cosima Wagner. Evidence of an extraordinary connection . 1st edition. Hans Schneider, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7952-1302-2 .
- On the way to Wahnfried . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2011, ISBN 978-3-925361-96-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Manfred Eger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manfred Eger died: The Richard Wagner Museum mourns its long-time director at: Richard Wagner Museum Bayreuth, accessed on March 30, 2016
- ↑ Where his wähnen found peace in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of March 7, 2016, p. 13
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SURNAME | Eger, Manfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, writer and museum director |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wallenfels |
DATE OF DEATH | February 29, 2016 |
Place of death | Bayreuth |