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C'mon Cons, let's see you back up your Nazi screeds here on the Wagner page.
Wagner's posthumous legacy has long been complicated by [[Hitler]]'s association with Wagner's family, [[Hitler]] being a big fan.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun/21/classicalmusicandopera-bayreuth-wagner-hitler-nazis "Wagner's heir vows to lay bare her family's Nazi history"]</ref> Wagner, who thought himself to be Jewish, held rabidly [[anti-semitism|anti-semitic]] views. But the question of how great an influence his views were on the Nazis, and how much of this can be blamed on Wagner, has remained a controversial one in Wagner studies.
Wagner's posthumous legacy has long been complicated by [[Hitler]]'s association with Wagner's family, [[Hitler]] being a big fan.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun/21/classicalmusicandopera-bayreuth-wagner-hitler-nazis "Wagner's heir vows to lay bare her family's Nazi history"]</ref> Wagner, who thought himself to be Jewish, held rabidly [[anti-semitism|anti-semitic]] views. But the question of how great an influence his views were on the Nazis, and how much of this can be blamed on Wagner, has remained a controversial one in Wagner studies.
Modern symphony orchestras are the invention of Wagner, as the art of conducting is, also. Modern film scores attempt to imitate Wagner's orchestral style.
Modern symphony orchestras are the invention of Wagner, as the art of conducting is, also. Modern film scores attempt to imitate Wagner's orchestral style. Wagner is said to be the first stage director and music composer to think cinematically, decades before motion picture films were invented.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/31/how-wagner-shaped-hollywood</ref><ref>https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-17-la-et-wagner-movies-20100617-story.html</ref><ref>https://www.academia.edu/11603432/Cinematic_Precedence_Wagner_music_drama_and_musical_dramaturgy</ref><ref>https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA265373632&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00030139&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E5362c4bd&aty=open-web-entry</ref><ref>https://wagnertripping.blogspot.com/2013/12/wagners-influence-on-movie-music.html</ref><ref>https://www.umass.edu/defa/memories/9226</ref><ref>http://dropera.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-flying-dutchman-and-wagners.html</ref>
==Biography==
==Biography==