 As Wagner prospered , it became second @-@ nature for him , his wife Cosima and the Wagner circle to deprecate Meyerbeer and his works , and Cosima 's Diaries contain numerous instances of this – ( as well as recording a dream of Wagner 's in which he and Meyerbeer were reconciled ) . Wagner 's autobiography ' Mein Leben ' , circulated amongst his friends ( and published openly in 1911 ) , contains constant sniping at Meyerbeer and concludes with Wagner exulting over Meyerbeer 's death . The downgrading of Meyerbeer became a commonplace amongst Wagnerites : in 1898 , George Bernard Shaw , in The Perfect Wagnerite , commented that " Nowadays young people cannot understand how anyone could have taken Meyerbeer 's influence seriously . " 
 As Wagner prospered , it became second @-@ nature for him , his wife Cosima and the Wagner circle to deprecate Meyerbeer and his works , and Cosima <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>Diaries contain numerous instances of this – ( as well as recording a dream of Wagner <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>in which he and Meyerbeer <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> reconciled ) . Wagner <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>autobiography ' Mein Leben ' , circulated amongst his friends ( and published openly in 1911 ) , <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>contains</mark></a> constant sniping at Meyerbeer and <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>concludes</mark></a> with Wagner exulting over Meyerbeer <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>death . The downgrading of Meyerbeer became a commonplace amongst Wagnerites : in 1898 , George Bernard Shaw , in The Perfect Wagnerite , commented that " Nowadays young people cannot understand how anyone could <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>have</mark></a> taken Meyerbeer <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>influence seriously . " 
As Wagner prospered , it became second @-@ nature for em , his wife Cosima and the Wagner circle to deprecate Meyerbeer and his works , and Cosima  Diaries contain numerous instances of this – ( as well as recording a dream of Wagner  in which he and Meyerbeer was reconciled ) . Wagner  autobiography ' Mein Leben ' , circulated amongst his frens ( and published openly in 1911 ) , contain constant sniping at Meyerbeer and conclude with Wagner exulting over Meyerbeer  death . The downgrading of Meyerbeer became a commonplace amongst Wagnerites : in 1898 , George Bernard Shaw , in da Perfect Wagnerite , commented dat " Nowadays young people cannot understand how anyone could done taken Meyerbeer  influence seriously . "