Wag·ne·ri·an
väg-ˈnir-ē-ən 
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: of, relating to, characteristic, or suggestive of Wagner or his music, stage operas, or theories
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Bill Niven, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2018
The Toto score for Dune was Wagnerian and powerful, yet the band never composed the soundtrack for another movie.
—Max Evry, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2023
Francis Ford Coppola, who directed the film, and Walter Murch, who edited the soundtrack, undoubtedly intended it to have a critical component, aligning the bloodthirsty Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore with the Wagnerian generals of war movies past.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
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Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion By Bill Niven
Yale University Press, 2018, 312 pp.
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Hitler’s passion for art, architecture, and Wagnerian opera is common knowledge.
—Bill Niven, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2018
The Toto score for Dune was Wagnerian and powerful, yet the band never composed the soundtrack for another movie.
—Max Evry, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2023
Francis Ford Coppola, who directed the film, and Walter Murch, who edited the soundtrack, undoubtedly intended it to have a critical component, aligning the bloodthirsty Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore with the Wagnerian generals of war movies past.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
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“Wagnerian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wagnerian. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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