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3 days ago · Wilhelm Richard Wagner (/ ˈ v ɑː ɡ n ər / VAHG-nər; [1] [2] German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] ⓘ; 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").
Aug 28, 2024 · Richard Wagner (born May 22, 1813, Leipzig [Germany]—died February 13, 1883, Venice, Italy) was a German dramatic composer and theorist whose operas and music had a revolutionary influence on the course of Western music, either by extension of his discoveries or reaction against them.
- Richard Wagner composed dramatic operas and expressive musical works that had a revolutionary influence on the course of Western music, either by e...
- Richard Wagner’s major works included The Flying Dutchman (1843), Tannhäuser (1845), Lohengrin (1850), Tristan und Isolde (1865), Parsifal (1882),...
- German dramatic composer and theorist Richard Wagner died on February 13, 1883, in Venice, Italy.
2 days ago · Wilhelm Richard Wagner (* 22. Mai 1813 in Leipzig; † 13. Februar 1883 in Venedig) war ein deutscher Komponist, Schriftsteller, Theaterregisseur und Dirigent. Mit seinen durchkomponierten Musikdramen gilt er als einer der bedeutendsten und einflussreichsten Komponisten der Romantik.
Aug 28, 2024 · Music Presentation Editor, British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1965–76. Author of Mahler, 1860–1911. Completed Mahler's unfinished 10th Symphony. Deryck V. Cooke. Fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Aug 28, 2024 · Der Ring des Nibelungen, four music dramas (grand operas) by German composer Richard Wagner, all with German librettos by the composer himself. The operas were first performed in sequence in 1876 and collectively are often referred to as the Ring cycle.
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6 days ago · Synopsis. In 1871, one year after the premiere in Munich of Richard Wagner’s opera Die Walküre, German-born American conductor Theodore Thomas wrote Wagner asking if he might perform excerpts of this new work in the United States. Wagner turned him down, worried that loose American copyright laws might not protect his new music.
Aug 27, 2024 · Richard Wagner (1813–1883) was a German composer known for his mostly complex and lengthy dramatic operas. Though a controversial figure due to his nationalist beliefs and anti-Semitism, he is still considered to be one of the best composers in modern history.
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