The Aesthetic System of François Delsarte and Richard Wagner
The Aesthetic System of François Delsarte and Richard Wagner
Catholicism, Romanticism, and Ancient Music
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This Element explores the similarities between Wagner's early aesthetic writings and Delsarte's 'Cours d'esthétique appliquée'. It also details the rise of François Delsarte (1811-1871) as a celebrated teacher of aesthetics and interpreter of Gluck's repertoire during the same years Wagner was living in the city.