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: Violin, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301625
for: Cello, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301620
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301619
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636729
Lyric book
Item no.: 111566
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 111563
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Item no.: 356282
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385657
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1386463
Studie zu einem verdrängten Thema
Wagner in der Diskussion 9
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1019457
für mehrfache Männerchöre und Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: CHORMUSIK MAENNERCHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG WELTLICH EINZELN
Study score
Item no.: 1345331
(aus Lohengrin WWV 75)
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 152704
Kurze und fundierte Einführung in Richard Wagners romantische Oper "Lohengrin"
Theaterführer im Taschenformat
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 331863
Musikalische Gestik – gestische Musik
Wagner in der Diskussion 14
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 663999
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345080
Festmusik zum Empfang des Königs Friedrich August
WWV 71a
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676482
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 344305
91
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 349452
for: Narrator, soloists, mixed choir, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1666548
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972052
Tristan und Isolde
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 165542
for: TR-FL
Item no.: 370908
für Violine
for: Violin
Item no.: 1203929
Tannhäuser
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLINE VIOLINE SOLO
Item no.: 337088
Tristan und Isolde
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLONCELLO VIOLONCELLO SOLO
Item no.: 331072
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE FAGOTT FAGOTT SOLO
Item no.: 278819
aus der Oper „Der fliegende Holländer”
for: 8 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 617944
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1065920
for: Piano
Item no.: 372166
for: Woodwind Choir
Score
Item no.: 928438
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 941814
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958504
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 378134
Oper in 5 Akten
Studienpartitur (in 3 Bänden) (dt/en/it)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1344999
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488293
Opera
Piano reduction
Item no.: 740309
II. Bild: Charfreitags-Zauber
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 782157
from the new Complete Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 740843
"Treulich geführt ziehet dahin"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier 4-händig
Score
Item no.: 741698
Fünf Lieder für eine Frauenstimme auf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonck von Richard Wagner
for: Alt und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 743982
Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music
for: Bass und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 749253
in a transcription for piano by Glenn Gould
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 742953
Sailor's Chorus from: The Flying Dutchman
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779882
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779814
Gruß seiner Treuen an Friedrich August den Geliebten bei seiner Zurückkunft aus England den 9. August 1844
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755088
A cheerful birthday song with Wagner, Liszt and Strauss
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754924
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 303296
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050261