Essays Tagged: "Richard Wagner"

The Uberman, Friedrich Nietzsche

father"(Bentley, p.86). In 1868 Nietzsche was a student in Leipzig. This is when he met Cosima and Richard Wagner. The latter was a world-renowned musical artist. Both of these individuals were cruci ... to advance."(Bentley, p.89) The second major influence in Nietzsche's development was the Wagners, Richard and Cosima. Nietzsche was captivated by Richard Wagner. Nietzsche personally thought the rea ...

(4 pages) 187 0 2.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

B.F. Skinner's Walden Two

e their reputation with the public." He doesn't mention examples but one that seems to fit would be Richard Wagner who had a reputation for irresponsibility due to his habit of accumulating debts. Of ... dience that he may or may not find once the work is ready for his public. Of course, if a composer, Richard Wagner, for example, knows that there is a public for a certain kind of art, he could take e ...

(13 pages) 157 0 2.1 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Richard Wagner's Anti-Semitism (Wagner:1813-1883)

Dr. Douglass Seaton states in his textbook that Richard Wagner (1813-1883) "...like many artists of the time, became involved in the political upris ... (and argueably best) works, and this historical look into his racial thinking will improve the way Richard Wagner's late works are performed.BiliographyKatz, Jacob. The Darker Side of Genius: Richard ... Tradition. Mountainview, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1991.Stein, Leon. The Racial Thinking of Richard Wagner. New York: Philisophical Library Inc., 1950.Weiner, Marc A. Richard Wagner and the An ...

(5 pages) 97 1 4.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550.

mes to mind with Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Edward Grieg in his In der Halle des Bergkönigs and Richard Wagner's The Ride of the Valkyries fascinate and inspire me to a much greater extent, despit ...

(5 pages) 152 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Nietszche's view on art.

en he knows how to laugh at himself" (Genealogy of Morals 99.) Nietzsche seizes upon the example of Richard Wagner, asking why Wagner embraced chastity in his old age, and why he wrote Parsifal. After ...

(3 pages) 49 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

The Essential Nietzsche

r his University studies. In Schlupforta he showed interest in music and was introduced to music of Richard Wagner, a famous German composer at the time. After successfully graduating from Schlupforta ... vels. He was associated with many noteworthy people of his time and our past like Sigmund Freud and Richard Wagner. In his last years he was being by his sister and who later used his writings to prom ...

(7 pages) 150 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

mes to mind with Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Edward Grieg in his In der Halle des Bergkönigs and Richard Wagner's The Ride of the Valkyries fascinate and inspire me to a much greater extent, despit ...

(5 pages) 43 0 3.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

This essay discusses the intersting life of the musical composer, Richard Wagner.

It is not often that composers have had so profound an impact on their time as Richard Wagner. His operas and artistic philosophy influenced not only musicians but also poets, pai ... , and although the public both liked and disliked his works, noone can deny their greatness.Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig on May 22 1813. He was born into a theatrical family. He was the ...

(5 pages) 45 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

A comparison between the Italian and German Opera; Specifically using examples from Guiseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner

ristics, some of which are paralleled, and some of which contrast. Specifically, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner use motifs such as: redemption through love, patriotism, and sacrifice which run thro ... and sophistication. Yet at the end of the 18th century Mozart changed all this, as mentioned before.Richard Wagner is one of the most controversial composers throughout history. He changed the way eve ...

(10 pages) 65 0 4.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Nietszche

interested in the French enlightenment, which then separated ways with long time child hood friend Richard Wagner a classical composer who despised the French enlightenment. Even thought neither man ...

(4 pages) 53 0 1.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy