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Wilhelm Richard Wagner

May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883. Wilhelm Richard Wagner. Cheyenne Raderstorf. Biography. Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22, 1813 in Leipzig, Germany. Wagner was a German composer, conductor, music theorist and essayist, and was primarily known for his operas.

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Wilhelm Richard Wagner

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  1. May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883 Wilhelm Richard Wagner Cheyenne Raderstorf

  2. Biography • Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22, 1813 in Leipzig, Germany. • Wagner was a German composer, conductor, music theorist and essayist, and was primarily known for his operas. • When he was 15, he wrote piano transcriptions of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. This is the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany in 1884.

  3. Biography (cont.) • Throughout his life, he spent most of it composing operas and going through school. • Later in life, he married Wilhelmina (Minna) Planer and had no children. • He then divorced Minna after having a child with Cosima Liszt and married her instead. • On February 13, 1883, Wagner died of a heart attack, leaving his wife and his three children behind. Cosima Lizst Minna Planer

  4. Inspirations • Wagner looked up to Beethoven’s music as a child. • He also looked up to Shakespeare’s drama’s. • Not only did he admire, but he was admired by Adolf Hitler, who claims to have seen Wagner’s opera, Reinzi, 40 times. Beethoven Shakespeare

  5. Ride of the Valkyrie Wagner was well known for his operas. His most known operas were Ride of the Valkyrie, Tristan und Isolde, and Tannhäuser. Ride of the Valkyrie is the beginning of Act III of Die Walküreand was performed in Vienna. The Valkyrie, or choosers of the slain, were a group of women who decided who lived and who died in a battle. The music was used for films and advertisements and even the introduction to a popular Rammestein song. Wagner - RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES - Furtwangler - YouTube

  6. Sources http://www.youtube.comhttp://www.newworldencyclopedia.org

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