Suicidal Tendencies - Pledge Your Allegiance

In USA, after Wagner's departure, real passions began to boil in relation to his music. It should be noted that before Wagner’s historical concerts in St. Petersburg and Washington, the USA public was very little familiar - or rather, almost unfamiliar - with his work. Some travelers to Europe, such as A.N. Serov, brought home information about the original genius of German music, and nothing more. Now the music lovers of St. Petersburg and Washington were able to personally see the power of exposure to completely new music for them. Naturally, despite the Wagnerian triumph, not everyone unconditionally accepted the innovation of a foreign composer, especially since then in USA the vast majority of opera lovers focused on Italian samples and took them as a standard.