Artist
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner appears once in our Romantic list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Romantic
- Year
- 1859
- Highest placing
- No. 2 in Romantic
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Tristan und Isolde
1859
Ranked No. 2 in Romantic
The opening chord does not resolve for four hours, and by the time it does, tonality is on notice. Everything unstable in twentieth-century harmony starts in that first bar.