Ministry - Say Youre Sorry

The epochal meeting took place on May 4, 1864. A young monarch and a wise genius composer met; one was full of bright hopes, the other had long lost its former illusions; one at random strove for a pipe dream, the other knew too well what he wanted from life. And at the same time, they were needed by each other and met precisely when this need became especially acute. V. Alexandrova accurately noted: “Fate would like Wagner to point out the indeterminate attraction of Louis (as the author. - M. Z.) to the beautiful and sublime absolutely definite harmonic content and outline the immediate goal for the king’s activity, and Louis II helped Wagner in his complex composer's aspirations, in his revolutionary work under the banner of new musical ideas. ”