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Francesca Gaetana Cosima Wagner (née Liszt; 24 December 1837 – 1 April 1930) was the daughter of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt and Franco-German romantic author Marie d'Agoult.
Cosima Wagner was the wife of the composer Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festivals from his death in 1883 to 1908. Cosima was the illegitimate daughter of the composer-pianist Franz Liszt and the countess Marie d’Agoult, who also bore Liszt two other children.
Cosima Wagner (born December 25, 1837, Bellagio, Lombardy, Austrian Empire [now in Italy] – died April 1, 1930, Bayreuth, Germany), wife of the composer Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festivals from his death in 1883 to 1908.
Wagner, Cosima (1837–1930) Daughter of one great musician and wife of another who was instrumental in helping found Bayreuth, the festival featuring her husband's operas, and ensuring its survival as an annual event of worldwide fame . Born Cosima Liszt in Bellagio, on Lake Como, on December 24, 1837; died in Bayreuth, Germany, on April 1 ...
Francesca Gaetana Cosima Wagner ( née Liszt; 24 December 1837 – 1 April 1930) was the daughter of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt and Franco-German romantic author Marie d'Agoult.
Jan 6, 2015 · Cosima Wagner (born Francesca Gaetana Cosima Liszt) was the daughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt. She became the second wife of the German composer Richard Wagner, and with him founded the Bayreuth Festival as a showcase for his stage works; after his death she devoted the rest of her life to the promotion of his music and ...
I am afraid, and in my desperation I struggle to regain the self-control which is habitual to me. It is not life I now fear, I think, and it is also not death or other people, but myself! Cosima Wagner: Diaries. 22 July 1878.
In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner-illegitimate daughter of Franz...
Cosima Wagner. (1837–1930). The second wife of the composer Richard Wagner, Cosima Wagner was the director of the Bayreuth Festivals from his death in 1883 to 1908. She was the moving force behind the festival plays in both commercial and social matters, influencing the selection of repertory, artists, and style of presentation.
The enduring success of Richard Wagner’s music and the survival of the Wagner family dynasty can be traced back to the tenacity, determination and talent not of the man himself, but of his second wife, Cosima.
