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Richard Wagner


Born
in Leipzig
May 22, 1813

Died
February 13, 1883

Genre
Music, Memoir

Influences
Giacomo Meyerbeer ...more


Germanic legends often based romantic operas of especially known composer Richard Wagner, who worked Tannhäuser (1845) and the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen (1853-1876).

From 1872, Richard Wagner lived at Bayreuth to 1883 and designed the opera house, used chiefly for performances of his works.

Works of Jacques Martin Barzun include Darwin, Marx, Wagner (1941).

Wilhelm Richard Wagner conducted, directed theater, and authored essays, primarily for his later called "music dramas." Unlike most other greats, Wagner wrote the scenario and libretto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
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Average rating: 4.02 · 4,868 ratings · 481 reviews · 3,286 distinct works • Similar authors
The Ring of the Nibelung
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4.28 avg rating — 1,100 ratings — published 1853 — 28 editions
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Tristan et Isolde
3.80 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 1859 — 169 editions
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Die Walküre
4.12 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1856 — 231 editions
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Das Rheingold
4.06 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1869 — 115 editions
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Der Fliegende Holländer
3.69 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1843 — 193 editions
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Parsifal in Full Score
3.81 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1882 — 5 editions
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Siegfried in Full Score
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4.15 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1905 — 158 editions
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Götterdämmerung in Full Score
4.13 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1907 — 122 editions
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My Life
4.25 avg rating — 109 ratings — 17 editions
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Tannhauser: A Dramatic Poem...
3.94 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1845 — 165 editions
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Series by Richard Wagner

Das Rheingold Die Walküre Siegfried in Full Score Götter­dämmerung The Ring of the Nibelung
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“Joy is not in things; it is in us”
― Richard Wagner
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“I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the truth of the one, indivisible Art; - I believe that this Art proceeds from God, and lives within the hearts of all illumined men; - I believe that he who once has bathed in the sublime delights of this high Art, is consecrate to Her for ever, and never can deny Her; - I believe that through Art all men are saved.”
― Richard Wagner
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“Imagination creates reality.”
― Richard Wagner
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