Definition of Richard wagner

1. Noun. German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883).

Exact synonyms: Wagner, Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Generic synonyms: Composer
Derivative terms: Wagnerian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Richard Wagner

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Richard Rodgers
Richard Roe
Richard Smalley
Richard Snary
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Richard Strauss
Richard Trevithick
Richard Upjohn
Richard Wagner
Richard Wright
Richard of York gave battle in vain
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Richard the Lionheart
Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Richards
Richardson
Richardson's geranium
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Richardson ground squirrel
Richardson vole
Richardsonian
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Literary usage of Richard wagner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mezzotints in Modern Music Brahms, Tschaikowsky, Chopin, Richard Strauss by James Huneker (1899)
"VII A NOTE ON richard wagner IF it had been hinted a quarter of a century ago that in richard wagner's veins there flowed Semitic blood, roaring laughter ..."

2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"'richard wagner in Venedig. Mosaikbilder ana seinen letzten Lebenslagen/ Augsburg, 1883. ... Bristol, nd •Letters of richard wagner to Emil Heckel, ..."

3. Mezzotints in Modern Music: Brahms, Tschaïkovsky, Chopin, Richard Strauss by James Huneker (1899)
"... A NOTE ON richard wagner IF it had been hinted a quarter of a century ago that in richard wagner's veins there flowed Semitic blood, roaring laughter ..."

4. Unicorns by James Huneker (1917)
"It would seem that modem critics of richard wagner, busily engaged in placing ... Nevertheless, the true richard wagner is beginning to emerge from the haze ..."

5. Unicorns by James Huneker (1917)
"It would seem that modern critics of richard wagner, busily engaged in ... Nevertheless, the true richard wagner is beginning to emerge from the haze of ..."

6. A History of German Literature as Determined by Social Forces by Kuno Francke (1901)
"When the revolution of 1848 broke out, richard wagner had already ... richard wagner, therefore, succeeded to the most precious inheritance of German ..."

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