Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Richard Wagner died today – 125 years ago

Composer (e.g. “Der Ring des Nibelungen”) Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22, 1813 in Leipzig, Germany. He said, “I wish I could score everything for horns." [But we don’t want just horn-y music, do we?]... Mr. Wagner died on February 13, 1883 in Venice, Italy.

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