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Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas—although his mature works are often referred to as ''music dramas''. Unlike most composers, Wagner wrote both the libretti and the music for all of his stage works. He first achieved recognition with works in the Romantic tradition of Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer, but revolutionized the genre through his concept of the ''Gesamtkunstwerk'' ("total work of art"), which sought to unite poetic, musical, visual, and dramatic elements. In this approach, the drama unfolds as a continuously sung narrative, with the music evolving organically from the text rather than alternating between arias and recitatives. Wagner outlined these ideas in a series of essays published between 1849 and 1852, most fully realising them in the first half of his four-opera cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (''The Ring of the Nibelung'').Wagner's compositions, particularly in his later period, have complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and elaborate 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 regarded as an important precursor to modernist music. Later in life, he softened his ideological stance against traditional operatic forms (e.g., arias, ensembles and choruses), reintroducing them into his last few stage works, including ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' (''The Mastersingers of Nuremberg'') and ''Parsifal''.
To fully realise his artistic vision, Wagner had his own opera house built to his specifications: the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which featured many innovations designed to immerse the audience in the drama. It hosted the premieres of ''The Ring'' and ''Parsifal'', and remains entirely devoted to staging his mature works at the annual Bayreuth Festival. After Wagner’s death, his wife Cosima assumed leadership; it has since remained under the management of their descendants.
Wagner's unorthodox operas, provocative essays, and contentious personal conduct engendered considerable controversy during his lifetime, and continue to do so. Declared a "genius" by some and a "disease" by others, his views on religion, politics, and society remain debated—most notably the extent to which his antisemitism finds expression in his stage and prose works. Despite this, his operas and music remain central to the repertoire of major opera houses and concert halls worldwide. His ideas can be traced across many art forms throughout the 20th century; his influence extended beyond composition into conducting, philosophy, literature, the visual arts, and theatre.
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From past to present: a bibliometric and visualized study of the most impactful publications on Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
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Stabilität der beruflichen Endziele im Verlauf der fachärztlichen Weiterbildung: Ergebnisse einer multizentrischen Kohortenstudie mit zweijährigem Intervall = Stability of long-...
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Verändert sich das vertragsärztliche Berufsziel Hausarzt oder spezialisierter Internist im Verlauf der Weiterbildung?: Ergebnisse einer multizentrischen längsschnittlichen Unter...
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Richard Wagner: Werk und Wirkungen ; his works and their impact ; a Wagner Symposium 2013
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Berufsvorstellungen, berufliche Lage und soziale Situation von Ärztinnen und Ärzten am Studienende und zu Weiterbildungsbeginn: erste Ergebnisse der KarMed-Studie
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Cosima Wagner: ein Porträt ; Richard Wagners erster Enkel: ausgewählte Schriften und Briefwechsel mit Thomas Mann
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
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Richard Wagner im Dritten Reich: ein Schloss Elmau-Symposion
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Das Tribschener Idyll: Nietzsche - Cosima - Wagner ; eine Text-Collage
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Der Fall Wagner: Schriften, Aufzeichnungen, Briefe
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