Wagner, Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...theatrical family, had a classical education, and began composing at 17...than as actual personages in a drama. Wagner participated in the...essays, including Oper und Drama (1851), in which he began...calling his operas music-dramas to signify the complete union of music and drama that he sought to achieve...