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Richard Wagner

 

Richard Wagner (1813-83) was a German opera composer. His great operas include: Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), and Parsifal . He also wrote the opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen  (The Ring of the Nibelung).

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Richard Wagner's Rheingold - Prelude. ATMOSPHERIC VIDEO! 

Scene from the movie, Nosferatu (1979)

The Rheingold Prelude (Nosferatu 1979)

The Carpathian Mountains set against the E-flat major triadic-drone of the Rheingold Prelude (beginning 2:22 minutes into the video). One of the great moments in film. From Werner Herzog's Nosferatu (1979).

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Richard Wagner Music and Operas on CD 

The Best Of Wagner

Amazon Price: $6.25 (as of 10/12/2008)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Amazon Price: $27.97 (as of 10/12/2008)

Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) theme in movie Apocalypse Now 

Apocalypse Now - The Ride Of The Valkyries

One of the best scenes from cinema. The helicopter attack in the beach against the vietcongs while The Ride Of The Valkyries is played. (Without credits)

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Program Notes on Famous Wagner Works 

Overture to "Rienzi" (Wagner)
Wagner completed the book of "Rienzi," based upon Bulwer's novel, in 1838, and began the music in the autumn of that year. It was finished in 1839, and performed for the first time in Dresden in 1842...

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Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" (Wagner)
The romantic opera of "The Flying Dutchman," conceived by Wagner during a storm which overlook him on a voyage from Riga to Paris, was written in 1841, and was first produced at Dresden in 1843...

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Bridal Chorus from opera Lohengrin (Richard Wagner) 

Played by trumpet, flute and strings

Wagner Bridal March - trumpet, flute & strings

Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" ("Here Comes the Bride") from Lohengrin, performed by Randy Dunn, herald trumpet, with flute and string ensemble. This is one of the two most popular traditional bridal processional pieces (The other popular traditional bridal processional is "Trumpet Voluntary" or "Prince of Denmark's March" by Jeremiah Clarke.)

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Opera singer Lauritz Melchior in Wagner's Parsifal (Nicaraguan postage stamp)

Richard Wagner (article) 

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813, Leipzig, Germany - 13 February 1883, Venice, Italy) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas" as they were later called). Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner always wrote the scenario and libretto for his works himself.

Wagner's compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their contrapuntal texture, rich chromaticism, harmonies and orchestration, and elaborate use of leitmotifs: musical themes associated with specific characters, locales, or plot elements. Wagner pioneered advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, which greatly influenced the development of European classical music.

He transformed musical thought through his idea of Gesamtkunstwerk ("total artwork"), the synthesis of all the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, epitomized by his monumental four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (1876). Wagner even went so far as to build his own opera house to try to stage these works as he had imagined them.

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chefkeem

RW id my favorite classical composer. I grew up near Castle Neuschwanstein, where he worked under full support by King Ludwig II.

Fine lens, 5*s!
-Chef Keem

Posted March 13, 2008

fanfreluche

Many great lens!! But I do prefer Wagner, so 5 stars here!!

Posted January 08, 2008

ZoeSPEAK

You're doing some great composer lenses. Very interesting article about Wagner's rightful heir. Wagner is Zoe's favorite - she ALWAYS "sings"!

Posted November 23, 2007

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