Word: wagner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Richard Wagner is often quoted as having said that the human voice is the foundation of all music. In the U. S., the human voice is more than this-it is the foundation of a great and prosperous trade. Behind the famous opera stars and song recitalists (the Rothschilds, the Astorbilts of their profession) there is a vast soviet of vocal students, church sopranos, ballad singers, cabaret songsters, 50,000 professional singers, male and female, and 250,000 assorted aspirants. Until recently the vocal industry was without a trade journal, but a fortnight ago the first issue of Singing...
...Brunnhilde is one of my favorites," said Miss Van Gordon. "For me there are a beauty and depth to the Wagner operas which are seldom touched and never sustained by the composers from other countries. I am myself an American and I dislike the bigotry which would classify music and art by nationalities, but it seems to me that some of the German musicians have more sincerity of feeling and less regard for superficialities than the French and Italians...
...Italian operas. In the old favorites of Meyerbeer, Verdi and Rossini there is an appeal which no lover of music can resist. All three composers attain moments of depth. Nevertheless when I want music which I know will have the effect of satisfying me completely I turn to Wagner. I love the Ring of the Nigbelingen and am never quite certain which individual opera stands foremost in my affections. 'Die Walkure', judging from the number of times it has been produced, is probably the popular favorite. The role of Brunnhilde is a beautiful one. Other singers than the great Johanna...
...Harvard Night," Tuesday, January 26, the company will produce Wagner's "Die Walkuere...
Wednesday, February 3, matinee: Wagner's "Lohengrin;" evening: Massenet's "Herodiade...