Wagner, Wilhelm Richard W Composers Composition

Wagner, Wilhelm Richard W Composers Composition

Wagner, Wilhelm Richard

1813 - 1883. German Composer. (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner born in Leipzig in 1813 was the son of a civic clerk, who died soon after the composer's birth. His Mother then married a Jewish Actor, Ludwig Geyer, who died in 1821.

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- Biography, resources and books.
- This is the mfiles page for Richard Wagner, with biography, major works, links to related composers and the Bridal chorus Sheet Music, MIDI and MP3.
- Directory of free MP3 audio recordings, biographical material, works list, and links from Classic Cat.
- Find A Grave listing with biographical summary of his works, especially the operas. Includes portrait, pictures of grave site, and interactive memorial.
- Detailed information about the continuation of Chretien DeTroyes' unfinished work "Perceval, or the Knight of the Grail".
- Information on the production and its history. Includes an introduction to each part of the cycle.
- Overview of the operas.
- Learn about Wagner's creation of Parsifal, read an interview with filmmaker and stage director Tony Palmer, and take a tour of the historic Kirov Theater.
- A guide to listening to Wagner.
- Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
- Recommended discography, links.
- Bibliography, discography, and videography.
- The entire Ring of the Nibelung in paintings of the Berlin paintress Bettina Brüggemann.
- The place of the work in the relationship between in the Cosima and Richard Wagner.
- Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Over 50 complete files offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists.
- Complete English translation.
- Biographical sketch, caricature, summaries of operatic, dramatic, and orchestral music, and songs, plus Naxos discography.
- Synopsis of Richard Wagner's last music-drama 'Parsifal'.
- His life and works. Analyses and commented texts.
- Brief biography, portrait, selected works, quotes, discography, suggested reading, other resources, chronology, and related articles from Humanities Web.
- Explores the composer's role as the leader of the German Romantic movement.
- Detailed description of The Ring.
- Details of Opera singer Jane Eaglen's Wagner roles.
- Pictures of scenes from productions of the Ring.
- Program notes from The Michael O'Neal Singers with biographical information including early response to his operas, critical polarization, his shifting political preferences, and romantic turmoil.
- Lecture by David Conway on Wagner's Relationship to Judaism.
- An introduction and brief summary of Wagner's magnum opus.
- Family tree, opera's, letters, quotations and a biography on the composer.
- A personal view of the relationship between Romantic music and Christianity.
- Well-presented translation of the tale of Siegfried, originally written around 1200 CE, from OMACL.
- Online book covering Wagner's antisemitism.
- Concentrates on english translations of Wagner's prose works, letters and articles.

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