Wagner, Richard (1813–83)

By Tanner, Michael

Wagner has no stature as a writer on philosophical subjects independently of his music dramas. But since those dramas themselves deal with deep, often broadly philosophical issues, his ...

Heine, Heinrich (1797–1856)

By Bowie, Andrew

Heinrich Heine was one of the most significant German literary and political figures during the period after the Napoleonic wars until the 1848 Revolution. He is associated with ...

Music, aesthetics of

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