Wagner, Richard

Richard Wagner, German composer, 1813-1883

Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Weber and 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, and which was announced in a series of essays 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 advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, greatly influenced the development of classical music.

  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). Autograph letter signed.Starnberg, 25 Jun 1864.

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  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). Autograph letter signed.Bayreuth, 5 Mar 1876.

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  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). Printed invitation with autograph address signed.Bayreuth, 1 Nov 1875.

     6,500.00
  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). Autograph letter signed.Bayreuth, 2 Jun 1875.

     18,500.00
  • Wagner, Richard, Schriftsteller (geb. 1952). 5 eigenh. Gedichte mit U. sowie 4 ms. Briefe mit eigenh. U.Berlin, 20. X. & 26. XI. 1994, 6. III. 1995 und 6. VII. 1996.

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  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). "An Weber's letzter Ruhestätte auf dem Friedhof zu Dresden am 15. Dec. …No place, December 1844.

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  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). Autograph letter signed.Tribschen, 30 Sep 1871.

     28,000.00
  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). Autograph letter signed.Dresden, 20 Sep 1842.

     18,500.00
  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). Autograph letter signed.Venice, 30 Oct 1858.

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  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). Autograph letter signed.Dresden, 19 May 1848.

     28,000.00
  • Wagner, Richard, German composer (1813-1883). Portrait photograph (albumen print) with autograph inscription and signature …No place, ca. 1876.

     8,500.00
  • Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Dresden, 14 Sep 1843.

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  • Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Bayreuth, 25 Sep 1874.

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  • [Wagner, Richard]. - Wagner, Albert, Schauspieler, Regisseur und Sänger (1799-1874), Richard Wagners älterer Bruder. "Andenken". Eigenh. Musikmanuskript mit Namenszug am Titel.Würzburg, 8 Oct 1839.

     6,500.00