Richard Wagner, German Composer(1813-1883)

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• Name: Wilhelm Richard Wagner
• Known as: Richard Wagner
• Birth: May 22, 1813, Leipzig, Germany
• Death: February 13, 1883, Cannaregio, Venice, Italy
• Language: German
• Who he was: German composer; Rienzi; Tannhauser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Der Ring des Nibelungen
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