Wagnerianer

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German

Etymology

From Wagner.

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Noun

Wagnerianer m (strong, genitive Wagnerianers, plural Wagnerianer, feminine Wagnerianerin)

  1. Wagnerian (admirer of Richard Wagner)
    • 1888 May 3, Friedrich Nietzsche, “An die Schwester in Paraguay”, in Friedrich Nietzsches Briefe an Mutter und Schwester, volume 5, part 2, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, published 1909, page 777:
      Damals war ich Wagnerianer wegen des guten Stücks Antichrist, das Wagner mit seiner Kunst und Art vertrat. Ich bin der Enttäuschteste aller Wagnerianer, denn in dem Augenblick, wo es anständiger als je war Heide zu sein, wurde Wagner Christ.
      At that time I was a Wagnerian because Wagner represented in art and style, to some degree, Antichrist. I am the most disappointed of all Wagnerians, for at that moment when it was more respectable than ever to be pagan, he turned Christian.

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