Posted December 19, 2013

Posted December 19 , 2013

In an article published in British Medical Journal, scientists claim that migraines inspired Wagner’s writings. The researchers note that Wagner complained of headaches during the period when Siegfried was composed. The researchers suggest that Wagner poured his own personal pain into the music.

You can read more in this article in the UK publication The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10514581/Why-Wagner-gives-you-a-headache-pain-of-migraine-inspired-composer.html

here is another link:

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/famous-opera-really-about-compose…