Hooray
for this German composer for his thoughts about making operas and musical dramas a total experience—where poetry meets visual effects
and theater sets, where music meets acting, where show meets story.
Boo
for Wagner's antisemitic writings! These are opinions that seem to
show that he was prejudiced against Jewish people. (Strange because
all his life Wagner had Jewish friends and supporters. How did they
feel about his writings, I wonder?)
Wagner
had a large influence on music, and his Tristan und Isolde
is often credited with being the beginning of modern classical music.
He also impacted literature, philosophy and even the visual arts.
Such famous folks as philosopher Nietzsche, painter Renoir, composer
Debussy, writers Thomas Mann and James Joyce and T.S. Eliot, and even
modern-day rock band Rammstein have all been influenced by Wagner.
Enjoy
some Wagner music...
- perhaps his most famous, “Here Comes the Bride.”
Explore some more...
Here is a printable booklet about Wagner, “The Story of the Boy Who
Wrote Little Plays.”
Hmm...I'm
not sure I see the influence of Wagner on Rammstein. But I trust the
band if they say there is one! Here is an interesting music
video by Ramstein, “Amerika.”
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out my Pinterest boards of June holidays,
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