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Wagner, (Helferich) Siegfried (Richard)
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Wagner, (Helferich) Siegfried (Richard) (
b Tribschen, Lucerne, 1869;
d Bayreuth, 1930). Ger. composer and conductor. Only son of Richard
Wagner and Cosima
Wagner (then von Bülow). Educated as architect, but turned to mus. Ass. cond. Bayreuth 1894, cond. (left-handed)
Der Ring des Nibelungen perfs. there 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1911, 1912, and 1928. Succeeded mother as art. dir., Bayreuth Fest. from 1908, producer from 1901. Married Englishwoman Winifred Williams (1894–1980) who dir. Bayreuth 1931–44. Wrote 13 operas, incl.
Der Bärenhäuter (1898),
Der Kobold (1903),
An allem ist Hütchen schuld (1914), and
Der Schmied von Marienburg (1920), sym.-poems, vn. conc. (1915), and sym. (1925).
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Richard Wagners "Das Judentum in der Musik": Eine kritische Dokumentation als Beitrag zur Geschichte Antisemitismus. (Book Reviews).(Book Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Shofar; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; Richard Wagners "Das Judentum in der Musik": Eine...Verlag, 2000. 380 pp. DM 19.90. Richard Wagner's antisemitism is undeniable, even...projection applies in no small measure to Wagner. It turns out that Wagner's contemporaries...
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Die Gotter tanzen Cancan: Richard Wagners Liebesrevolten. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: The Germanic Review; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...or she decided to specialize in Wagner. Wagner studies were virtually written...groundbreaking book, Das Theater Richard Wagners, appeared in 1982, it was greeted...by Stewart Spencer, editor of Wagner, the journal of the English Wagner...
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Ring und Gral: Texte, Kommentare und Interpretationen zu Richard Wagners 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', 'Tristan und Isolde', 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg' und 'Parsifal'.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Kommentare und Interpretationen zu Richard Wagners 'Der Ring des Nibelungen...programme guides for a number of Wagner's operas between 1986 and...discussion by Panagl of hints of Wagner's projected Buddhist work...even) Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln...
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Nuchterne Briefe aus Bayreuth: Vergeblicher Versuch im Jahre 1876, Zeit und Geister Richard Wagners zu bannen.
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...exorcise the times and spirit of Richard Wagner in the year 1876") represent yet...1881 (thus during the decade of Wagner's Bayreuth undertaking) were...scattered remarks on the music of Wagner's tetralogy with disclaimers to...
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Drama and the World of Richard Wagner.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Drama and the World of Richard Wagner. By Dieter Borchmeyer...the sprawling area of Wagner studies. As the span...monograph Das Theater Richard Wagners: Idee-Dichtung...editor of a collection of Wagner's writings, Dichtungen...Stewart Spencer, as Richard Wagner: Theory ...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Richard Wagner: A genius wrapped in an enigma As the Lyric Opera prepares to stage his landmark work "The Flying Dutchman," his life remains a puzzle.(Time Out!)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Opera of Chicago, the world of Richard Wagner will be revisited by those whose...Such is the magnetic attraction Richard Wagner holds, not only in the...away. More than a century later, Richard Wagner remains a genius wrapped...
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Imagined Germany: Richard Wagner's National Utopia. (Book Reviews).
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Imagined Germany: Richard Wagner's National Utopia...researched study of Richard Wagner's ideas in their...had been willing to use Wagner as an instrument for...the German empire: "Richard Wagner, the great poet...
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 "Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)")
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Interview: Martin Goldsmith on the works and anti-Semitic history of Richard Wagner
Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); 2/17/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Semitic history of Richard Wagner Host: MELINDA PENKAVA...half a century, Wagner has been banned in...Adolf Hitler embraced Richard Wagner fervently...anti-Semites, why Wagner? Was it because...socialism must understand Richard Wagner.' (Soundbite...
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Richard Wagner's Zurich: The Muse of Place.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Richard Wagner's Zurich: The Muse of Place. By Chris Walton. Rochester, NY...bibliography. In his new book Chris Walton has produced a close study of Richard Wagner's stay of nine years, 1849-58, in Zurich, then a city of refuge...
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Richard Wagner: The Last of the Titans.(Opera and Modern Culture: Wagner and Strauss)(Nietzsche and Music)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; Richard Wagner: The Last of the Titans, by Joachim...cloth). Opera and Modern Culture: Wagner and Strauss, by Lawrence Kramer. Berkeley...ass." Wagner to Nietzsche The name "Richard Wagner" remains so inextricably bound...
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Richard Wagner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Richard Wagner The German operatic composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was undoubtedly the most important...cultural history for both his criticism and polemical writing. Richard Wagner was born on May 22, 1813, in Leipzig into an unassuming...
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Wagner, Richard
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Richard Wagner Born: May 22, 1813Liepzig, GermanyDied...composer The German operatic composer Richard Wagner was one of the most important figures...established beliefs. Early life Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22, 1813, in...
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Wagner, (Wilhelm) Richard
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Wagner, (Wilhelm) Richard ( b Leipzig, 1813; d Venice, 1883...nder equal success in 1843, leading to Wagner's appointment as court opera cond...of Bavaria, a passionate admirer of Wagner's mus., who became his patron and...
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Wagner, (Helferich) Siegfried (Richard)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Wagner, (Helferich) Siegfried (Richard) ( b Tribschen, Lucerne, 1869; d Bayreuth, 1930). Ger. composer and conductor. Only son of Richard Wagner and Cosima Wagner (then von Bülow). Educated...
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Wagner, Cosima
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Wagner, Cosima ( née Liszt ) ( b Bellaggio...by whom she had 2 children. First met Richard Wagner in Paris 1853; declared love for each...1863. Went to Munich 1864 to be near Wagner. Daughter, Isolde, born to them 1865...
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