An interesting – albeit a little bombastic article about Wagner in First Things:
http://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/11/why-we-cant-hear-wagnerrsquos-music
To quote:
That is what Rossini meant when he said that Wagner has beautiful moments and awful quarter-hours. (He also said that Lohengrin couldn’t be appreciated at first hearing, and that he had no intention of hearing it a second time.)
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