Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner 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. Unlike most composers, Wagner wrote both the libretti and the music for all of his stage works. 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, which sought to unite poetic, musical, visual, and dramatic elements.
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Background
- Born in
- Leipzig
- Educated at
- Leipzig UniversityThomasschule zu LeipzigKreuzschule
- Awards
- 🏆 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
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"That it must have been hunger alone, which first drove man to slay the animals and feed upon their flesh and blood; and that this compulsion was no mere consequence of his removal into colder climes ……"
"The error in the art-genre of Opera consists herein: a Means of expression has been made the end, while the End of expression has been made a means."
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1813
Born
Birth1883
Died
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