Richard Wagner: A Controversial Titan of Classical Music

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Source/Further reading:

Musical style:
https://eno.org/composers/richard-wag...
https://danielbarenboim.com/wagner-an...

Ideology:

https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu...
http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/politic...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/201...
https://www.spiegel.de/international/...

Biographies:

http://www.wagneroperas.com/indexwagn...
https://www.richard-wagner.org/userda...
wagners_riga_english_translation_1.pdf

Relationship with Nietzsche:
https://www.thoughtco.com/why-did-nie...

Uncomfortable legacy:
http://www.wagneroperas.com/indexwagn...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/mus...