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Richard Wielhelm Wagner
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22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883
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The great German composer and playwright Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig in a family with a rich musical tradition. Independently learned to play the piano; later, also independently, comprehended the basics of the composer's "craft". In 1833, at the University of Leipzig, Wagner's first musical work was performed - a C-majeure symphony. After graduating from university, Wagner spent three years in Paris, where he expected to achieve recognition, but his expectations were not met. Nevertheless,
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The great German composer and playwright Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig in a family with a rich musical tradition. Independently learned to play the piano; later, also independently, comprehended the basics of the composer's "craft". In 1833, at the University of Leipzig, Wagner's first musical work was performed - a C-majeure symphony.
After graduating from university, Wagner spent three years in Paris, where he expected to achieve recognition, but his expectations were not met. Nevertheless, in these years he wrote his operas <b>"Rienzi""</b> and <b>"The Flying Dutchman"</b>. In 1845 at the Dresden Opera "Tanhäuser" was staged, and in 1850, already in Weimar - "Lohengrin".
Wagner spent the next fifteen years in exile, during which he wrote his main theoretical works “Art and Revolution”, “Art of the Future” and “Opera and Drama”. In addition, in these years, the tetralogy "The Ring of Nibelung" - the pinnacle of the work of Wagner-playwright and Wagner-composer (completely delivered in 1876) was finally formed.
In 1861, Wagner finally returned to Germany, then moved to Vienna, from where he was forced to flee in 1864, fearing arrest for debts. He was saved by a miracle – or rather, the cordiality of the young Bavarian King Louis II, who invited Wagner to Munich. Over the next six years, Wagner wrote and directed “Tristana” and “b>” and “Meistersinger.”
Wagner spent the last years of his life in Bayreuth - the residence of the Bavarian court, in his own house, which he called Wahnfried - "freedom from illusions". At the end of his life, he wrote the drama “Parzival” and dictated his wife’s autobiography “My life”. He died of heart failure and was buried in Bayreuth.