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Richard Wagner. b Leipzig, May 22, 1813; d Venice, February 13, 1883. Richard Wagner’s paternity will always remain one of opera’s most tantalizing mysteries. His father, Carl Friedrich, had a passion for the theater (naming four daughters after heroines of Goethe and Schiller), and as a consequence took in an actor, Ludwig Geyer, to help ...
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Richard Wagner . Richard Wagner, (born May 22, 1813, Leipzig, Ger.—died Feb. 13, 1883, Venice, Italy), German composer. His childhood was divided between Dresden and Leipzig, where he had his first composition lessons; his teacher refused payment ...
Aug 12, 2020 · Richard Wagner was emphatically German. But Germany as we know it today did not exist when he was born in Leipzig in 1813. Wagner was the ninth child of Johanna and (probably) Friedrich Wagner ...
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Sep 24, 2021 · 1. Convinced of his own genius. Born in Leipzig on May 22, 1813, Wilhelm Richard Wagner was convinced early on of his own genius, despite a music teacher once supposedly saying he used to "torture ...
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( 22. května 1813, Lipsko – 13. února 1883, Benátky) byl německý hudební skladatel, dramatik, básník, spisovatel, divadelní režisér a dirigent, výrazný představitel hudebního romantismu.
The Man: Richard Wagner. Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his ...
