schopenhauerism

Updated: July 23, 2026

Fancy what it might have been, this long exposition of sheer Schopenhauerism in three dramas and a fore-play! imagine what Parry or Stanford or Mackenzie would have made of it! And then think of what the "Ring" actually is, and especially of the splendour and weirdness of some parts the "dulness" of which moves dull people to dull grumbling.

John F. Runciman - Old Scores and New Readings : Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians

But Schopenhauerism might easily have ruined Tristan did not ruin it only because Wagner himself, when writing it, was consumed with a fervour of passion that is the negation of Schopenhauerism.

John F. Runciman - Richard Wagner: Composer of Operas