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RICHARD
WILHELM WAGNER
(1813-1883)
German composer - also writer
(of his own librettos, and of essays on musical and philosophical topics); also
noted conductor, in which function he earned a living and visited London in 1855
and in 1877.
Born in Leipzig, travelled
much, met much opposition.
From RIENZI (1842) went on to
write successful operas THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, TANNHÄUSER,
and
LOHENGRIN; then exemplifying his new theories of music and drama, composed
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE,
THE RING (cycle of 4 operas); and PARSIFAL.
The
Festival Theatre at Bayreuth opened in 1876, was built to his own revolutionary
design.
He had a
mistress Mathilde Wesendonk, and afterwards took as mistress Cosima wife of Bülow and daughter of Liszt, and married her when his first wife died.
Wagner
died in Venice..... he influenced the course of music as much as any composer as to
operatic structure, harmony, and orchestration.
He introduced
the WAGNER TUBA instrument.
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