Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagnerwas a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Weber and Meyerbeer, Wagner revolutionised opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, by which he sought to synthesise the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music subsidiary to drama...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth22 May 1813
CityLeipzig, Germany
CountryGermany
Attack and defence, want and war, victory and defeat, lordship and thraldom, all sealed with the seal of blood: this from henceforth is the History of Man.
Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.
It is impossible to communicate with Schumann. The man is hopeless; he doesn't talk at all.
A political man is disgusting, but a political wife, horrible.
From its first faint glimmerings, History shews Man's constant progress as a beast of prey. As such he conquers every land, subdues the fruit-fed races, founds mighty realms by subjugating other subjugators, forms states and sets up civilisations, to enjoy his prey at rest.
It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.
Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know...
I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts - the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products.
The gourmet food alone is worth the $20 entrance fee.
Even people with severely damaged skin say they can't stop, ... The behavior observed was similar to that of smokers.
After Rossini dies, who will there be to promote his music?
You meet people, you make friends. It's a social thing too. You talk to those you are friends with and those who are not as interesting, you go separate ways. It's a lot of fun and we enjoy doing it. We usually have a very good time.
This is a new idea, and we didn't know how it would turn out, although there has been mixed evidence from other studies suggesting that tanning increases endorphin production, which could be addictive, ... Certainly this could explain why educational interventions haven't been more successful.
Quite a few said they would sit out in the back yard or go to a pool in order to maintain their tan,