Rienzi can be noted that "Rienzi" prefigures themes (brother/sister relationships, social order and revolution) to which Wagner was often to return in his later works. The success of "Rienzi" – his first real success of any kind – was crucial in Wagner's career, launching him as a composer to be reckoned with. It was followed, within months, by his appointment as Kapellmeister at the Dresden Opera (February 1843), which also gave him considerable prestige. It also received critical acclaim elsewhere in Europe. The young Eduard Hanslick, later to be one of Wagner's foremost critical adversaries, wrote in 1846 in Vienna: I
Music of Scotland in the nineteenth century Hae" by Burns. Major composers included of the national school that developed in the late nineteenth century included Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935), William Wallace (1860–1940), Learmont Drysdale (1866–1909) and Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916). Mackenzie, who studied in Germany and Italy and mixed Scottish themes with German Romanticism, is best known for his three "Scottish Rhapsodies" (1879–80, 1911), "Pibroch" for violin and orchestra (1889) and the "Scottish Concerto" for piano (1897), all involving Scottish themes and folk melodies. Wallace's work included an overture, "In Praise of Scottish Poesie" (1894). Drysdale's work often dealt with Scottish themes, including the overture "Tam O’ Shanter" (1890),