tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post2426381652125656067..comments2024-03-11T16:31:14.472+01:00Comments on Notes & Quotes: WagnerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-76992736287699647922013-02-10T13:29:01.249+01:002013-02-10T13:29:01.249+01:00Granted. I don't doubt Wagner was a genius. Ne...Granted. I don't doubt Wagner was a genius. Neither does Nietzsche who certainly admired him. What he disliked was his showing off, his pheasant-like strutting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092557882395143886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-5432923644886540252013-02-10T13:23:16.883+01:002013-02-10T13:23:16.883+01:00Granted. I don't doubt Wagner was a genius. Ne...Granted. I don't doubt Wagner was a genius. Neither does Nietzsche who certainly admired him. What he disliked was his showing off, his pheasant-like strutting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092557882395143886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-70452111917667687052013-02-10T11:47:18.838+01:002013-02-10T11:47:18.838+01:00Have a look to other composers: Most of the score ...Have a look to other composers: Most of the score Handel and Rachmaninov composed were aiming (and succeeding) to arousing and exciting us, nothing more. <br />My estimation of Wagner’s music: Mostly boring. But there is a lot of melodies and harmony’s changes with more than a touch of genius.<br />csnoreply@blogger.com