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Richard Wagner

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Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often called music dramas. Unlike most composers, Wagner wrote both the libretti and the music for all of his stage works, and revolutionised the genre through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, uniting poetic, musical, visual and dramatic elements.

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1813 1
Death Year
1883 1
Active From Year
1834 2
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Male 1
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The following year, in 1834, Wagner joined the Würzburg Theater as chorus master, and wrote the text and music of his first opera, Die Feen ( The Fairies ), which was not staged.
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Richard Wagner (Wikipedia)
  • Richard Wagner, Wikipedia summary lead
    a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas
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    Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( VAHG-nər; German: [ˈvɪlˌhɛlm ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] ; 22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas.
  • In Movement: Romanticism, Richard Wagner, Wikipedia, early career section
    first achieved recognition with works in the Romantic tradition of Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Practices: Music, Richard Wagner, Wikipedia summary lead, practices
    a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas
  • In Category: Artists, Richard Wagner, Wikipedia summary
  • In Group: Romantic Composers, Lead
    He first achieved recognition with works in the Romantic tradition of Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer, but revolutionised the genre through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total work of art"), which sought to unite poetic, musical, visual, and dramatic elements.
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