“In Simplicissimus I found a good, although somewhat crude, caricature of the Wagnerian enthusiasm of the Munich people. Above, 1865 - a group of Munich citi...

“Rather evil than talented, the German humorist Safir said about Dresden that if he learns that the day of doomsday is approaching, he will hasten to the cap...

“In the atmosphere of practicality and self-praise that has shrouded modern Germany in a thick fog, the noblest ideas born of the creative genius of the nati...

“Tristan and Isolde” in the poems of the Middle Ages and in the musical drama of Richard Wagner.