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Wilhelm Richard Wagner (; German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] ( listen); 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer, Wagner revolutionised opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total work of art"), by which he sought to synthesise the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music subsidiary to drama. He described this vision in a series of essays published between 1849 and 1852. Wagner realised these ideas most fully in the first half of the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas, or plot elements. His advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, greatly influenced the development of classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described as marking the start of modern music.
Wagner had his own opera house built, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which embodied many novel design features. The Ring and Parsifal were premiered here and his most important stage works continue to be performed at the annual Bayreuth Festival, run by his descendants. His thoughts on the relative contributions of music and drama in opera were to change again, and he reintroduced some traditional forms into his last few stage works, including Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg).
Until his final years, Wagner's life was characterised by political exile, turbulent love affairs, poverty and repeated flight from his creditors. His controversial writings on music, drama and politics have attracted extensive comment, notably, since the late 20th century, where they express antisemitic sentiments. The effect of his ideas can be traced in many of the arts throughout the 20th century; his influence spread beyond composition into conducting, philosophy, literature, the visual arts and theatre.
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Popular Songs
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene III. „Dich lieb’ ich: o liebtest mich du!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene III. „Sangst du mir nicht, dein Wissen sei das Leuchten der Liebe zu mir?“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene III. „Lachend muß ich dich lieben“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene III. „Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene III. „Siegfried! Siegfried! Seliger Held!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene III. „Dort seh’ ich Grane, mein selig Ross“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene III. „Selige Öde auf sonniger Höh’!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene III. „Das ist kein Mann!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene III. „Heil dir, Sonne! Heil dir, Licht!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene II. „Bleibst du mir stumm, störrischer Wicht?“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene I. „Weißt du, was Wotan will?“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene II. „Dort seh’ ich Siegfried nahn“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene II. „Was lachst du mich aus?“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene I. „Wirr wird mir, seit ich erwacht“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene III. „Nun sing! Ich lausche dem Gesang“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene I. „Wache, Wala! Wala! Erwach!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene I. „Stark ruft das Lied“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene III. „Neides Zoll zahlt Notung“
- Siegfried: Aufzug III, Szene I. „Mein Schlaf ist Träumen“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene III. „Heiß ward mir von der harten Last!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene II. „Ist mir doch fast, als sprächen die Vöglein zu mir!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene III. „Wohin schleichst du eilig und schlau, schlimmer Gesell?“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene III. „Willkommen, Siegfried! Sag, du Kühner, hast du das Fürchten gelernt?“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene II. Siegfrieds Hornruf - „Haha! Da hätte mein Lied mir was Liebes erblasen“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene II. „Wer bist du, kühner Knabe, der das Herz mir traf?“
- Siegfried: Aufzug I, Szene III. „Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene II. „Wir sind zur Stelle! Bleib hier stehn!“
- Siegfried: Aufzug I, Szene III. „Den der Bruder schuf, den schimmernden Reif“
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene II. „Daß der mein Vater nicht ist“ (Siegfried) - Waldweben
- Siegfried: Aufzug II, Szene I. „In Wald und Nacht vor Neidhöhl’ halt’ ich Wacht“