Why was Richard Wagner's music so influential?

Answer 1

Mozart's influence was Christian Bach As well as being influenced by the work of composer Johann Christian Bach, who befriended Mozart as a child in London in 1764-5, Mozart became friends later with Josef Haydn, and each had some influence upon the other's musical style.

Answer 2

Richard Wagner's music, especially his later work, are most notable and influential for their intricate, complex textures, their melodies, chromatics, and orchestration. His operas were bombastic, and elaborate in their use of leitmotifs (leitmotifs traditionally associated with his works now).

He made large advances through those extreme chromatics, and with fast moving tonal centers, he heavily impacted later European classical. Many also consider and date the beginning notes in the opening of his Opera Tristan und Isolde as the birth of modern Classical Music; the Tristan chord, which gave way to use of atonality in the 20th century.

When asked his opinion on Richard, Russian composer Tchaikovsky stated Wagner had "an enormous influence over music" and "was gifted with great powers of musical invention; he discovered new forms of his art; he led the way into paths until his advent unknown; he was, it may be said, a man of genius, capable of ranking amongst other German greats - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann".

He is also known for having been counted as inspirations by many heavy metal musicians, among other composers, though Wagner is perhaps the most largely cited within the heavy metal genre.

And surely, with his masterpieces like the unforgettable opera Der Ring des Nibelungen, Götterdämmerung, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, his final work Parsifal; the Faust Overture, Siegfried Idyll, and many others, it is clear exactly why Richard was so influential.

Answer 3

Richard Wagner set a benchmark for Bruckner, Berg, Schoenberg, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss

Answer 4

young Richard Wagner was inspired by Beethoven

Answer 5

Many things influenced Wagner's music, but probably Norse mythology more than anything else.

Answer 6

He had sex with 20 men

Answer 7

beethoven