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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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.
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.
Overview. Cosima Wagner. (1837—1930) Quick Reference. ( b Bellaggio, Lake Como, 1837; d Bayreuth, 1930). 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.
