Group Post - The Case of Wagner Section 3

"The first thing his art furnishes is a magnifying - glass. We look into it, we don't trust our own eyes -- everything becomes great, even Wagner becomes great... [. . .] Someone always wants to be saved in Wagner's works " (10).



Idioteque creates an illusion of panic, causing the lyrics, the message to appear greater than it is, more immediate. The lyrics command salvation from the doom that the music threatens is approaching. Like Wagnerian music, Idioteque creates a need to be saved from something, not only does it preach salvation, but it has to create an enemy, a threat. The music lures the listener in to believing there is danger to escape and that it is even possible to escape it.