Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . WAGNER MEDAL MADE IN 1876-76 AT BAYREUTH,BY ANTON SCHARFF OF VIENNA. AFTER WAGNER— WHAT? BY ARTHUR FRIEDHEIM A TRANSCENDENT genius, a sparkling spirit of flame, worthy to-1\- wear a double crown of fire and gold. This statement, addressedto the public of fifty years ago, aroused more anger than conviction, forthe judgment of the critic was quite as much a subject of distrust aswere the works which inspired it. Never before had a young composerstirred one of his most famous contemporaries with such enthusiasm. Itrequired a Wagner to elicit the utter
Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . WAGNER MEDAL MADE IN 1876-76 AT BAYREUTH,BY ANTON SCHARFF OF VIENNA. AFTER WAGNER— WHAT? BY ARTHUR FRIEDHEIM A TRANSCENDENT genius, a sparkling spirit of flame, worthy to-1\- wear a double crown of fire and gold. This statement, addressedto the public of fifty years ago, aroused more anger than conviction, forthe judgment of the critic was quite as much a subject of distrust aswere the works which inspired it. Never before had a young composerstirred one of his most famous contemporaries with such enthusiasm. Itrequired a Wagner to elicit the utterance, and a Liszt to give it then Wagners name has waxed great. In the year 1890 he wasrightly regarded as the Bismarck of music. To-day he narrowly escapesthe notoriety of a Dreyfus. It is a profound wonder to me that the products of a genius of suchpeculiar quality should ever have become the fashion. These works haveno equals, but the number of people capable of fully appreciating themmust always remain small. The secret of
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