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Agnes Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer; 23 December 1828 – 31 August 1902) was a German poet and author. The words of five of her verses were the basis of Richard Wagner 's Wesendonck Lieder ; the composer was infatuated with her, and his wife Minna blamed Mathilde for the break-up of their marriage.
Agnes Mathilde Wesendonck, geborene Agnes Luckemeyer, war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin, Salonnière und gemeinsam mit ihrem Ehemann Otto bedeutende Mäzenin. In der Musikgeschichte wurde sie bekannt als Muse des Komponisten Richard Wagner.
Learn how Mathilde Wesendonk, a wealthy Zurich banker's wife, became Wagner's second love and the inspiration for Tristan and Isolde. Discover how their affair caused turmoil in Wagner's marriage and influenced his opera.
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Mathilde Wesendonck (23 December 1828 – 31 August 1902) was a German poet and author. The words of five of her verses were the basis of her friend Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder. Read more here.
Und so kam es, dass Mathilde Wesendonck zu Wagners Muse aufstieg. Schon im Mai 1853 komponierte er für sie eine Klaviersonate, und als er 1854 den ersten Akt seiner Walküre in Angriff nahm, muss er bei der Liebesszene zwischen Sieglinde und Siegmund an sie und sich selbst gedacht haben.
After a sleepless night Wagner sent Mathilde a letter to Villa Wesendonck on 7th of April. His wife Minna read this “morning confession”. She kept the letter as evidence. The letter never reached Mathilde, and it is probable that she never read the letter. The Wesendoncks hastily departed for Italy.
Ger. amateur poet and wife of Otto Wesendonck ( b Elberfeld, 1815; d Berlin, 1896), a wealthy merchant.
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