Savatage - Lady In Disguise

And what about Wagner’s influences, perhaps the best said by I. I. Garin in the book “Prophets and Poets”, putting the final point in this question: “All the commonly indicated sources of influence on Wagner are“ Young Germany “, Feuerbach, Schopenhauer, Hoffmann , Mozart, Weber, Beethoven - are secondary to his own personality. This is a general law: a genius chooses influences, and not vice versa. Even Wagner’s fascination with the ghostly world of spirits and the mysterious magic of Hoffmann’s sounds is only a reflection of his inner mystical feeling. ”