"One can't judge Wagner's opera Lohengrin
after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend hearing it a second
time."
Gioachino Rossini
on Richard Wagner
"I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven!"
Richard Wagner
"The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind.
Melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart."
Richard Wagner
"Wagner's music is better than it sounds."
Mark Twain on Richard Wagner
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