
The German text is not included in this eBook.
Language
en
Duration
~59 minutes (57K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
EBook produced by Juliet Sutherland, Michel Boto and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2005-07-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1813–1883
A towering and controversial figure in 19th-century music, this German composer transformed opera into sweeping music dramas built from myth, poetry, and unforgettable leitmotifs. His works, especially the four-opera Ring cycle, still shape the sound and ambition of opera today.
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