Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was the architect of a new world of music theatre. Undoubtedly one of history’s most important composers, famous for his operas, and a politically controversial man, browse our sheet music and scores, and let Stretta Music help you decide for yourself... master or miscreant!
Richard Wagner revolutionised music and theatre by returning them to their common origins. This he saw as ancient Greek drama, in which poetry, music and dance formed a unity. He implemented this idea of an all embracing piece of art in an exemplary fashion in the four parts of the The Ring of the Nibelung, for which the Bayreuth Festival Theatre was built.
Just as his contemporary Giuseppe Verdi is considered the archetype of Italian music, Richard Wagner truly became the epitome of the German composer.
Already during his lifetime, irreconcilable camps were formed by admirers like Franz Liszt and Anton Bruckner and opponents like Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms . Wagner also had a great influence on French composers like Claude Debussy and Ernest Chausson.
Although Wagner did not write number operas, rather a free flowing theatrical whole, held together with "Leitmotivs", themes representing characters, objects or places, some highlights can be extracted from his works and performed by amateurs and professionals alike. For choirs, the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin and a classic for all male voice choirs Steuermann, lass die Wacht from The Flying Dutchman are excellent examples.
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Item no.: 355939
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1697032
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 909113
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 345863
for: Piano
Item no.: 353083
for: Horn
Item no.: 213482
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 378132
for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 171002
for: Bassoon
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204341
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 926460
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 925196
for: Flute, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 958932
for: Cello
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204385
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 154698
for: Horn In F Quartet
Buch
Item no.: 915104
for: 3 trumpets (C/B-flat), 3 trombones [brass ensemble]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2059
for: Horn
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204427
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 260002
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 340727
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 566020
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 240780
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 889342
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 874882
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1713399
for: 6 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1713404
Act III "Parsifal"
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1713407
for: Brass ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819235
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 891326
Magnet
Item no.: 773644
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911473
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 766470
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014377
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1713398
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 132538
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 107168
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1544270
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 923007
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1713424
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392018
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 696152
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 113976
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391878
for: Piano
Item no.: 353085
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 774811
für 8-10 Hörner (Horn 9 und 10 ad. libitum)
for: 8-10 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677586
Beiträge des Hamburger Symposions 22. – 25.Oktober 2009
Wagner in der Diskussion 5
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1019570
La Cavalcata delle Valchirie
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105243
(Complete edition)
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1681119