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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.
Apr 15, 2024 · Cosima Wagner (born December 25, 1837, Bellagio, Lombardy, Austrian Empire [now in Italy]—died April 1, 1930, Bayreuth, Germany) 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 ...
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Cosima Wagner was the daughter of Franz Liszt and the wife of Richard Wagner, two influential composers and musicians. She helped found and run the Bayreuth Festival, dedicated to her husband's operas, and documented his life and work in her diaries.
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Jan 6, 2015 · Cosima Wagner was the daughter of Franz Liszt and the second wife of Richard Wagner, founder of the Bayreuth Festival. She corresponded with Gustav Mahler, who admired her and sought her advice, and visited her in Bayreuth.
Jul 9, 2011 · By John W. Barker. Cosima Liszt-Bülow-Wagner is inseparable from the saga of Richard Wagner (1813-83) and his artistic legacy. Controversial as Wagner’s art was to be for generations, his stature was never in doubt. But our image of Cosima has been a curiously shifting one.
Of Franco‐Hungarian birth, daughter of Liszt and Countess Marie d'Agoult. Went to Ger. and in 1857 married Hans von Bülow, pianist and cond., by whom she had 2 children. First met Richard Wagner in Paris 1853; declared love for each other in Berlin 1863. Went to Munich 1864 to be near Wagner. Daughter, Isolde, born to them 1865. Lived with Wagner at Tribschen, Lucerne, from 1868. Another ...
May 7, 2010 · Fri 7 May 2010 19.07 EDT. 0. Herrin des Hügels (Queen of the Hill) was the original 2007 title for this riveting biography of Liszt's illegitimate daughter, the woman who masterminded the cult of ...
