Wagner, Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...essays, including Oper und Drama (1851), in which he began...of Siegfried (1856 69), Wagner laid the Ring aside without...went to fantastic lengths, Wagners operas held a position of...the 20th cent. Assessment Wagners operas represent the fullest...differentiated recitative and aria, Wagner substituted his "endless...calling his operas music-dramas to signify the complete union...