Wagner
['wa:gnə]
Definition
(noun.) the music of Wagner; 'they say that Hitler listened only to Wagner'.
(noun.) German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883).
(noun.) Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918).
Edited by Jimmy--From WordNet
Examples
- It has been made the ground-work of one or two novels and an opera by Wagner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is interesting to notice the explanation given by Frau F?rster-Nietzsche for her brother's quarrel with Wagner. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But when they give Wagner we have to rush dinner, and I pay up for it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Editor: Lorna