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Originally Posted by Kaioshin_Sama
I'm probably going to be hung for this, but I prefer Richard Wagner (Yeah the Nazi Icon and noted Germanic supremacists music). Now the person in question I don't care for, but if you've ever seen Legend of The Galactic Heroes you'd know why he is one of the best opera composers that ever lived.
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I believe Zubin Mehta conducted the first concert with Wagner's music in Jerusalem about 20 years ago. The person has many problems, but there are many admirable qualities in his music. Sadly, it was Wagner's experimentalism and sensationalism that gave rise to Serialism (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serialism ) and 12 tone experiments that forever separated the 'classical' music from 'popular' music.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner
The twentieth century harmonic revolutions of
Claude Debussy and
Arnold Schoenberg (tonal and atonal modernism, respectively) have often been traced back to
Tristan.
Wagner's concept of leitmotif and integrated musical expression has been a strong influence on many 20th century
film scores such as
John Williams' music for
Star Wars.