Der Fall Wagner
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Der Fall Wagner is an 1888 polemical essay by Friedrich Nietzsche in which he sharply criticizes the music and cultural influence of composer Richard Wagner.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Der Fall Wagner canonical | 1 |
| Der Fall Wagner. Ein Musikanten-Problem | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13443332 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Der Fall Wagner Context triple: [The Case of Wagner, originalTitle, Der Fall Wagner]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Der Fall Wagner Target entity description: Der Fall Wagner is an 1888 polemical essay by Friedrich Nietzsche in which he sharply criticizes the music and cultural influence of composer Richard Wagner.
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A.
Nuremberg Plärrer
Nuremberg Plärrer is a major square and historic transport hub in Nuremberg, Germany, known for its role as an early focal point of regional rail and urban transit connections.
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B.
Witch Hunt
"Witch Hunt" is a song by the Norwegian black metal band Speak No Evil.
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C.
March of Crimes
March of Crimes is a punk rock band known for featuring musician Ben Shepherd, who later gained prominence as the bassist for Soundgarden.
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D.
The Wizard of Lies
The Wizard of Lies is a 2017 biographical drama film about Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer and directed by Barry Levinson.
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E.
The Valkyrie
The Valkyrie is a Pre-Raphaelite painting by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys depicting a mythological female figure from Norse legend, rendered with the artist’s characteristic rich detail and dramatic intensity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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philosophical work ⓘ polemical work ⓘ |
| author | Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Richard Wagner
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Wagnerian aesthetics ⓘ Wagnerian opera ⓘ Wagner’s cultural influence ⓘ |
| genre |
music criticism
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Case of Wagner ⓘ |
| hasPart | aphoristic sections ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
German culture
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opera as art form ⓘ romanticism in music ⓘ |
| hasReception |
controversial among Wagner supporters
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influential in Wagner criticism ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
aphoristic
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polemical ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Friedrich Nietzsche’s break with Wagner ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Richard Wagner
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critique of Wagnerian music ⓘ cultural influence of Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| mentions |
Bayreuth
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Parsifal ⓘ Tristan und Isolde ⓘ |
| movement | late 19th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Der Fall Wagner. Ein Musikanten-Problem
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linked to:
Der Fall Wagner
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| partOf | Nietzsche’s late works ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
aesthetic judgment
ⓘ
mass culture ⓘ psychology of the artist ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
existentialism precursor
ⓘ
philosophy of culture ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | published during Nietzsche’s lifetime ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1888 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Nietzsche contra Wagner
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The Case of Wagner ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetics and morality
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critique of modernity ⓘ decadence in art ⓘ health and sickness in culture ⓘ |
| workOf | Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ |
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linked to: Der Fall Wagner