" Critics believed that An American in Paris was better crafted than his lukewarm Concerto in F. Some did not think it belonged in a program with classical composers César Franck, Richard Wagner, or Guillaume Lekeu on its premiere.

He studied organ there from 1885 – 1893 with Eugène Munch, organist of the Protestant Temple, who inspired Schweitzer with his profound enthusiasm for the music of German composer Richard Wagner.

Schweitzer saw many operas of Richard Wagner at Straßburg ( under Otto Lohse ), and in 1896 he pulled together the funds to visit Bayreuth to see Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen and Parsifal, and was deeply affected.

* 1930 – Cosima Wagner, Hungarian daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner ( b. 1837 )

This was intended to be the nec plus ultra of reform opera, a completely new synthesis of poetry and music that was an 18th-century anticipation of the ideals of Richard Wagner.

Natural instruments are still played for period performances and some ceremonial functions, and are occasionally found in more modern scores, such as those by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.

: Richard Wagner

* Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner ( opera, composed 1848-1874 )

* Parsifal by Richard Wagner ( opera, composed 1880-1882 )

Several of Bulwer-Lytton's novels were made into operas, one of which, Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen ( 1842 ) by Richard Wagner, eventually became more famous than the novel.

* Richard E. Wagner

In opera, a new Romantic atmosphere combining supernatural terror and melodramatic plot in a folkloric context was first successfully achieved by Carl Maria von Weber ( 1786 – 1826 ) and perfected by Richard Wagner ( 1813 – 1883 ) in his Ring Cycle.

Tchaikovsky also was of great influence, followed by Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Strauss and Wagner.

In this, he had the support of Hitler, a passionate devotee of Richard Wagner.

His works were labelled old-fashioned by the ' New German School ' whose principal figures included Liszt and Richard Wagner.

The arts and politics became increasingly influenced by the court ( see Orlando di Lasso, Heinrich Schuetz and later Mozart and Richard Wagner ).

It may also be a euphemism for masturbation, as Richard Wagner accused Nietzsche of masturbating too much.

The composer Richard Wagner ( 1813 – 83 ) ( Der Ring des Nibelungen, 1853 – 70 ) and playwright Henrik Ibsen ( 1828 – 1906 ) were prominent in their critiques of contemporary civilization and for warnings that accelerating " progress " would lead to the creation of individuals detached from social values and isolated from their fellow men.

Some composers, notably Richard Wagner, have written their own libretti ; others have worked in close collaboration with their librettists, e. g. Mozart with Lorenzo Da Ponte.

By the 19th century, accompagnato had gained the upper hand, the orchestra played a much bigger role, and Richard Wagner revolutionised opera by abolishing almost all distinction between aria and recitative in his quest for what he termed " endless melody ".

Illustration inspired by Richard Wagner | Wagner's music drama Das Rheingold

Richard Wagner in 1871

At the same time, the influence of Richard Wagner was felt as a challenge to the French tradition.

Last Saturday's interesting melange included Ernst Toch, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Richard Yardumian and a brief excerpt from a new `` space '' opera by the Swedish composer, Karl-Birger Blomdahl.

* 1921 – Richard Adler, American songwriter and composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1657 – Michel Richard Delalande, French Baroque composer and organist ( d. 1726 )

* 1979 – Richard Rodgers, American composer ( b. 1902 )

After 1906 the composer Richard Wetz lived in Erfurt and became the leading person in the town's musical life.

The original score was composed by British classical composer Richard Rodney Bennett.

* Richard Hol ( 1825 – 1904 ), Dutch composer and conductor

The respected composer Richard Strauss, for example, became head of the Reich Music Chamber.

* 1928 – Richard M. Sherman, American composer, songwriter, and publisher

* 1850 – Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic ( d. 1914 )

* 1670 – Richard Leveridge, English singer and composer ( d. 1758 )

* 1904 – Richard Addinsell, British composer ( Warsaw Concerto ) ( d. 1977 )

Richard Kim Milford ( February 7, 1951 – June 16, 1988 ) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, and composer.

* 1844 – Richard D ' Oyly Carte, English talent agent, impresario, and composer ( d. 1901 )

His paternal grandfather was Maximilian Steiner ( 1830 – 1880 ), the influential manager of Vienna's Theater an der Wien ; his father was Gabor Steiner ( 1858 – 1944 ), Viennese impresario and carnival and exposition manager, responsible for the Ferris wheel in the Prater that would become the setting for a key scene of the film The Third Man ( 1949 ); his godfather was the composer Richard Strauss.

* 1758 – Richard Leveridge, English bass singer and composer ( b. 1670 )

* 2007 – Richard Joseph, British games soundtrack composer ( b. 1954 )

* 1914 – Richard E Holz, American composer ( d. 1986 )

* 1977 – Richard Parry, Canadian musician and composer ( Arcade Fire )

In the Prose Edda, and a single poem in the Poetic Edda, the event is referred to as Ragnarök or Ragnarøkkr ( Old Norse " Fate of the Gods " or " Twilight of the Gods " respectively ), a usage popularized by 19th century composer Richard Wagner with the title of the last of his Der Ring des Nibelungen operas, Götterdämmerung ( 1876 ).

" Usage of this form was popularized in modern popular culture by 19th century composer Richard Wagner by way of the title of the last of his Der Ring des Nibelungen operas, Götterdämmerung.

Heydrich was born in 1904 in Halle an der Saale to composer and opera singer Richard Bruno Heydrich and his wife Elisabeth Anna Maria Amalia Krantz, a Roman Catholic.

* 1926 – Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor ( d. 1972 )