Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 205
had just ascended the throne ofBavaria ; and one of the first acts of the youngprince was to hold out a helping hand to Wagner.He bade him write, and assured him of the royalprotection and help,— a royal promise, androyally kept; for, from that time, the prince andthe musician were the closest… … RICHARD WAGNER. stand why this was necessary, we must glance atsome of Wagners views on art. In the Italian and French operas, which, untilWagners day, had been played throughout Ger-many, the whole stress is laid on the arias which thevarious artists are to sing. People go to such anopera to be…
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