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Great German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22, 19813 in Leipzig, Germany and died on February 13, 1883 in Venice, Italy. He influenced classical European music a lot, having offered the idea of total art-work. It is described by themes associated with special characters or plot elements. It can be seen in his monumental opera Der Ring des Nibelungen consisting of four parts - Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Wagner is known primary for his operas, other famous ones are Tristan und Isolde and Parsifal which you can download in mp3 from our site. But Richard Wagner was also a conductor, essayist and a theatre director. The composer is a controversial person because of his political and anti-semitic views. He’s said to be one of the Nazism ideologist. Nazis were inspired by his mystic symbolism which can be seen in his music works.
