A composer with chronically empty pockets

Richard Wagner the beggar

Author : Jos Hermans

"I am organized differently, have irritable nerves, beauty, shine and light I must have! The world owes me what I need! I cannot live on a miserable organist's position, like your master Bach! - Is it an outrageous demand, then, that the little luxury I may suffer should come to me? I, who give pleasure to the world and to thousands!…