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27. Wagner wrote "Bridal Chorus" (or what us known commonly as the wedding march).

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:10 PM

Oct 2016

Commonly used in wedding processionals to announce the bride on what should be a joyous day, this piece plays a less cheerful role in Wagner's opera Lohengrin. Wagner came upon the opera's inspiration around 1845 when he took interest in the legend of the Holy Grail through the poems of Wolfram von Eschenbach and the anonymous epic of Lohengrin. Composed by 1848, Lohengrin features "Bridal Chorus" as the prelude to a very short-lived, doomed marriage between Elsa and Lohengrin. The piece is sung by women serenading Elsa to the bridal suite after the wedding in Act III. It's not the happiest of allusions — and many find it distasteful to be reminded of the notoriously anti-Semitic Wagner during a wedding ceremony (or ever).

http://www.classicalmpr.org/story/2014/07/21/controversial-wedding-music

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Trump rally going on right now playing WAGNER [View all] wheniwasincongress Oct 2016 OP

Well at least his musical taste has improved. whatthehey Oct 2016 #1

Really? tone deaf or ignorant or on purpose.... ? OKNancy Oct 2016 #2

Wagner wrote "Bridal Chorus" (or what us known commonly as the wedding march). SCRUBDASHRUB Oct 2016 #27

re the wedding march fierywoman Oct 2016 #37

Seriously? Kber Oct 2016 #3

I refuse to watch - please tell me you're joking superpatriotman Oct 2016 #4

Yes! wheniwasincongress Oct 2016 #8

Figures. Wagner was a horrible anti-Semite. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #5

A lot of folks don't realize that. However, one cannot ignore the gift of his music, even though he still_one Oct 2016 #13

Many Europeans were rampant anti-Semites during Wagner's time. stopbush Oct 2016 #25

Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo theme borrowed much from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #30

Kill de wabbit, kill de wabbit.... lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #6

Wagner was one of Hitler's favorites, and Wagner was a vehement anti-Semite still_one Oct 2016 #9

Ride of the Valkyries, no doubt! LongTomH Oct 2016 #10

Well, might as well bring out the swastika lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #12

He's going full on "Hitler" hlthe2b Oct 2016 #14

Beat me to it! Mme. Defarge Oct 2016 #32

Just like The Blues Brothers ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2016 #15

Good one! kentuck Oct 2016 #31

He really lovs his Hitler malaise Oct 2016 #16

Besides Hitler's favorite as pointed out above, Wagner is dead, so he can't hold a press conference Hoyt Oct 2016 #17

He probably would send a cease and desist like all the other artists the GOP rips off. anamandujano Oct 2016 #38

Hillary can counter with Beethoven's Fifth! nt. PearliePoo2 Oct 2016 #18

Given that the gods and goddesses all go down in flames in the end... Princess Turandot Oct 2016 #19

Well, it was a Luftwaffe of sorts. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #28

How many of the rally attendees are paid to be there? gratuitous Oct 2016 #20

Because all the living artists refuse to give him rights Qutzupalotl Oct 2016 #21

Have you heard many Sieg Heils? (nm) Elwood P Dowd Oct 2016 #22

It's also public domain - no pesky licensing fees or copyright . . . hatrack Oct 2016 #23

Anybody think that as Trump loses it more and more, he will grow a little mustache? world wide wally Oct 2016 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author kestrel91316 Oct 2016 #26

They really should play something from Götterdämmerung. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #33

No one wants to let him use copyrighted music. lpbk2713 Oct 2016 #34

beautiful theme song from a war all Americans remember we lost Bucky Oct 2016 #35

I would think this piece is a better representation of the status of Trump's campaign FrodosPet Oct 2016 #36

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