Archive for Richard Wagner

“A slow-acting, addictive, dangerous drug”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 22 May 2013 by delclem

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The Heavy Metal Music of the 19th century: today was the 200th birthday of Germany’s most controversial composer: RICHARD WAGNER (1813-83).
>text (c) THE IRISH TIMES, 2013

Worshipped, whipped & ridiculed

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 10 December 2012 by delclem

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“May 2013 brings the 200th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner, the German composer who has always been popular and controversial in equal measure. The Austrian National Library (ÖNB) is already holding an exhibition dedicated to the ambivalent relationship between the German composer and the Viennese public.” >full text (c) wieninternational.at 2012