Richard Wagner. The Leitmotif of Love
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Richard Wagner. The Leitmotif of Love
19.99 €
Wagner's genius occupies a prominent place in the world musical heritage, and his work constitutes an entire era in the history of music. However, controversy still surrounds him. Wagner's works evoke fanatical admiration in some, and staunch opposition in others.
The Saxon authorities persecuted him for his revolutionary activities, while the Russians commissioned him to write a "National Anthem." He earned enormous royalties and was pathologically indebted due to his insatiable love of luxury. The composer befriended the Russian revolutionary M. Bakunin, the Bavarian King Ludwig II, and the philosophers A. Schopenhauer and F. Nietzsche, and became related to F. Liszt.
For many of his contemporaries, Wagner was the embodiment of "unbridled morals," a destroyer of family life. Yet, he himself was a sincere lover and found happiness in family life, surrounded by children and dogs. Wagner is considered a forerunner of the Nazi ideology of the Third Reich and Hitler's favorite composer. He insisted that art should have a moral impact on the public; the core of his themes were humanistic ideas found only in ancient myths. After his death, his very fate became a myth...
The Saxon authorities persecuted him for his revolutionary activities, while the Russians commissioned him to write a "National Anthem." He earned enormous royalties and was pathologically indebted due to his insatiable love of luxury. The composer befriended the Russian revolutionary M. Bakunin, the Bavarian King Ludwig II, and the philosophers A. Schopenhauer and F. Nietzsche, and became related to F. Liszt.
For many of his contemporaries, Wagner was the embodiment of "unbridled morals," a destroyer of family life. Yet, he himself was a sincere lover and found happiness in family life, surrounded by children and dogs. Wagner is considered a forerunner of the Nazi ideology of the Third Reich and Hitler's favorite composer. He insisted that art should have a moral impact on the public; the core of his themes were humanistic ideas found only in ancient myths. After his death, his very fate became a myth...
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