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The priest of self-staging

The priest of self-staging

Encounters with the monster Richard Wagner

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May 31, 2022
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Max Ernst -Ubu Imperator, 1923

Still amusing after all those years with apt characterizations is Deems Taylor's 1937 essay on Wagner.

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He was an undersized little man, with a head too big for his body — a sickly little man. His nerves were bad. He had skin trouble. It was agony for him to wear anything next to his skin coarser than si…

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