Gratitude Quote by Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner: A composer whose music is better than it sounds

— Mark Twain

It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some…

— Anton Seidl

“Anything can pass as a Franz Liszt quote if you just mangalica say random Hungarian words in the middle of it. – Franz Liszt”

— Franz Liszt

The work of Liszt I most admire is the music he wrote toward the end of his life. This is often music of tremendous…

— Michael Hersch

Wagner manages to convey emotion with music better than anyone, before or since.

— Stephen Hawking

I did not care for Wagner. My tastes are more classical. Der Fuhrer had no musical taste and liked Wagner because of the bombastic…

— Hans Frank

Wagner exploited all forms of expression at a composer's disposal - harmony, dynamics, orchestration - to the extreme. His music is highly emotional, and…

— Daniel Barenboim

“Except as often as Wagner preached that they were collectively engaged in the "music of the future," and no matter how much Lucien was…

— Matthew Gallaway

Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.

— Anonymous

Wagner always opens you a second breath, and then you go on, and you are absolutely into his musical world, and you can't stop,…

— Andris Nelsons

Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.

— Richard Wagner

Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours.

— Gioachino Rossini