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RICHARD WAGNER

MAY 22,1813-FEBRUARY 13, 1883

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HIS FAMILY

  • HIS MOM WAS JOHANNA ROSINE WAGNER AND HIS DAD WAS CARL FRIEDRICH WAGNER.
  • HIS SIBLINGS WERE MARIA, KLARA, CARL J. ,ROSALIE, ALBERT, OTTILIE, LUISE, CARL G. WAGNER

WHAT DID HE DO?

  • AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN, HE WROTE HIS FIRST PLAY AND A YEAR LATER HIS FIRST MUSICAL COMPOSITION

HIS SONGS

  • SEVERAL COMPLEX OPERAS, INCLUDING 'TRISTAN AND ISOLDE' AND 'RING CYCLE,' AS WELL AS FOR HIS ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS.
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Tannhäuser GRAND MARCH

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DID YOU KNOW FACTS

  • Wagner was not only a great composer, but he was also an accomplished pianist
  • He performed many solo concerts and even wrote a few pieces for piano

What are some facts about Richard Wagner family?

  • He was the ninth child in the family of Carl Wagner, a police clerk. Richard was only six months old when his father died, and he was brought up by his mother Johanna and stepfather Ludwig Geyer, an actor and playwright.

WHAT ARE SOME FACT ABOUT RICHARD WAGNER HIMSELF?

  • Richard Wagner was a German composer best known for his operas, primarily the monumental four-opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen". He was born Wilhelm Richard Wagner on May 22, 1813, in Leipzig, Germany.

WHAT INSTRUMENTS DID RICHARD WAGNER PLAY?

  • Young Wagner studied piano from the age of 7 and soon developed ability to play by ear and improvise. At age 15 he wrote piano transcriptions of Ludwig van Beethoven's "9th Symphony" and orchestral overtures.

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