
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
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Worshipped, whipped & ridiculed
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria, exhibition, Germany, Music, Richard Wagner on 10 December 2012 by delclem
“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