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Richard Wagner Composer Specialty Theatre director, polemicist, conductor Born May 22, 1813 Died Feb. 13, 1883 Nationality German Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a famous German composer, polemicist, theater director and conductor. He is best known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, Richard wrote both libretto and music for each of his stage works. Initially,
A Richard Wagner Chronology. Richard Wagner born, Leipzig, 22 May. Father dies, 23 November. Mother Johanna Wagner marries Ludwig Geyer, 28 August. RW begins piano lessons. Stepfather dies, 30 September. RW enters Dresden Kreuzschule, 2 December. Geyer family moves to Prague, leaving RW in Dresden. RW leaves school to join family in Leipzig.
Born Saturday, May 22, 1813Died Tuesday, February 13, 1883. Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Richard Wagner's Biography. Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born in 1813 in Leipzig, Germany to Johanna Rosina Wagner. It is disputed whether Friedrich Wagner, who died at Wagner's birth, or Ludwig ...
Nov 20, 2017 · 1 Richard Wagner: A Biography by Derek Watson. 2 The Wagner Operas by Ernest Newman. 3 The Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music by (ed.) Barry Millington. 4 Drama and the World of Richard Wagner by Dieter Borchmeyer. 5 Pro and Contra Wagner by Thomas Mann.
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll. Section of the Siegfried Idyll (composed 1870), a chamber piece by Richard Wagner, written as a birthday present for his wife Cosima after the birth of their son Siegfried. Originally named Tribschen-Idyll, with Fidi-Birdsong and Orange Sunrise (Tribschen is the name of Wagner's villa and Fidi was the family's ...
Jan 1, 1983 · Richard Wagner: A Biography. by Derek Watson (Author) 4.1 15 ratings. See all formats and editions. Presents an in-depth profile of the controversial German composer Richard Wagner, with a particular focus on his personal life, based on intensive research into the private papers of the Wagner family archives. ISBN-10.
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