wagnerian meaning

• Adjective: Wagnerian  vaag'neeureeun
  1. Of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music
  Noun: Wagnerian  vaag'neeureeun
  1. A follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner

  Derived forms: Wagnerians

  See also: Wagner

  Type of: follower

  Encyclopedia: Wagnerian

Examples

1. what price the wagnerian wind that rustled hitler's twisted leaves
2. The spectacle was as grandiose as any in a Wagnerian opera.
3. Jerusalem has its biblical roots; Bayreuth has its Wagnerian manifestoes.
4. Bernard Herrmann's score is appropriately Wagnerian, heavily chromatic.
5. Second lady, gasping : " How Wagnerian !"