tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46443033820145444552024-03-05T00:36:14.468-08:00Wagner TrippingIn search of ecstasy, perspective and dissonance resolution in the composer's bi-centennial year.ramcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.comBlogger5513tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-34158759923280894482013-12-27T18:33:00.010-08:002023-06-01T20:09:26.760-07:00The Final Post: Understanding and Forgiveness for All
I began this blog a
year ago with the aim of resolving the cognitive dissonance between my love of
Wagner’s music with his reputation as a monster. I started the process of thinking this through years ago as I recounted in my introduction here. I sought as much understanding as possible. I don’t mean just of Wagner and his times, but also of myself and human
nature itself. &ramcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-79048905092436934762013-12-20T13:33:00.002-08:002020-06-21T15:02:26.532-07:00On Wagner and Burning Man, his American Dream, Wagnerians and the Wagner RecipeMy blog is
coming to a close next post; I still have a few items left on my agenda
beyond the grand wrap-up. They follow below.
Wagner as
Patron Saint of Burning Man
Kinder,
macht neues! Neues! Und abermals neues! (Children, make
something new! New! And new again!) – Richard Wagner1
Wagner was an art
revolutionary. He believed that art should be at the pinnacle
of society, and ramcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-54110026167150084112013-12-13T17:46:00.000-08:002023-01-15T13:08:04.667-08:00Wagner's Influence On Movie MusicEvery man or
woman in charge of the music of moving picture theater is,
consciously or unconsciously, a disciple or follower of Richard
Wagner – Stephen Bush, film critic, 1911
Please write
music like Wagner, only louder
– Sam Goldwyn to a film composer
If my
grandfather were alive today, he would undoubtedly be working in
Hollywood —Wolfgang Wagner
(Note:
When I mention a film composer inramcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.com1