Only the Strong know Love; only Love can fathom Beauty; only Beauty can fashion Art. Richard Wagner

@_Grace_OMalley Beautiful, beautiful song.

@wotansspear Such a profound little gem, a universe of yearning and redemption in 13 bars, Tristan in under two minutes. Goosebumps every time I hear it.

Franz Liszt - La Lugubre Gondola No. 1, S200 Late 1882 Franz Liszt visited Wagner in Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi in Venice and, inspired by a premonition of Wagner's death, wrote this haunting piece there. On 13 February 1883 Wagner died in Venice.

@IvarAndersen_7 Done!

A Wagnerian Holy Relic The sofa on which Richard Wagner died in Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi, Venice, on 13 February 1883.

On this day in 1883, Richard Wagner died in Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi, Venice. He was working on his essay "Über das Weibliche im Menschlichen", and after the words "Liebe-Tragik", he suffers a fatal heart attack. Around half past three he dies in the arms of his wife Cosima.

@CCrowley100 Beautifully said, couldn't agree more! Wagner has been my passion for almost 40 years now, I first went to Bayreuth in 1995, and am still moved to tears by his incomparable art. So thank you for your answers and your wonderful in-depth essay. It truly was a joy to read!

@CCrowley100 Thank you for your elaborate answer! I still have to disagree about the motif. After 05:26 there is only this one motif left (and Alberich!). (from the magnificent Harry Kupfer-production in Bayreuth, 1988)

"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn." Thomas Gray

There are moments in life, when we are disposed, to press to our bosoms every flower and every distant star, every worm and every higher spirit thought of—an embrace of the whole of nature like our beloved. Friedrich Schiller

The German Heldentenor Wolfgang Windgassen (1914-1974) as Walther von Stolzing in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Bayreuther Festspiele, 1960 One of the greatest Heldentenors of the 20th century, he sang all major tenor roles in Bayreuth from 1951 until 1970.

Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it. Rainer Maria Rilke - Letters to a Young Poet

Folly is an endless maze; Tangled roots perplex her ways; How many have fallen there! They stumble all night over bones of the dead; And feel, they know not what but care; And wish to lead others, when they should be led. William Blake

@Carl_Dull_007 Hi there, indeed a long time ago! I'm pretty well, hope you are well too!

Rondel Flown away is the gold of days, The evening's brown and blue colors: The shepherd's soft flutes have died, The evening's blue and brown colors; Flown away is the gold of days. Georg Trakl

The fabulous German soprano Martha Mödl (1912-2001) in front of the Bayreuther Festspielhaus