Wagnerian
Speech parts
1. Wagnerian - Noun
2. Wagnerian - Adjective
Meaning
of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music
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Examples
Magee (1988) 54; Grey (2008) 228–9 The Italian form of operatic realism known as verismo owed much to the Wagnerian concept of musical form.
Head describes the work as unique in its time for its compact intimacy, and considers it Holst's most successful attempt to end the domination of Wagnerian chromaticism in his music.
Debussy's only complete opera Pelléas et Mélisande premiered in 1902, after ten years of work, and contrasted sharply with Wagnerian opera.
A Wagnerian drama exploring the clash between innovation and tradition in music.
But I am not, I have never been, and I shall never be of the Wagnerian religion."
His treatment of subjects has been characterized as Wagnerian in its scope, and Fitzcarraldo and his later film Invincible (2001) are directly inspired by opera, or operatic themes.