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: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416704
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 295238
WWV 63
Fassung 1842-1880
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 614666
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 273247
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 624261
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382592
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318137
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 416701
Bühnenweihfestspiel in drei Aufzügen WWV 111
Leitmotivangaben von Carl Waack,
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284556
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 211727
Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzügen WWV 75
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284549
Preludes to Acts 1 and 3
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749220
Schott Archive
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 724077
Lyric book
Item no.: 111603
for: Alt und Kammerorchester oder Klavier
Piano reduction
Item no.: 287454
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 416709
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416698
from Lohengrin
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224561
Band 2
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 166793
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 587401
Lyric book
Item no.: 214239
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 463471
Lyric book
Item no.: 385863
Die Spinnerin op. 59/2
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 394629
Item no.: 610737
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 255826
Piano reduction
Item no.: 608994
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 201100
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357168
Overture to the Opera – Dresden Version
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 493511
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 353167
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 463589
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 130567
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360848
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360854
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360852
Ouvertüre der Oper, arrangiert für Orgel solo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 658023
für Singstimme und Orgel
for: Voice, organ
Item no.: 184295
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 392097
for: Piano
Item no.: 610160
for: Piano
Item no.: 613311
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 273123
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 150286
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360847
Overture to the Opera
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749222
Transkription für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 608429
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 696151
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360850