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: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1545703
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 764168
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 214263
Documents I
Richard Wagner – Complete Works 29/I
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 107180
Große tragische Oper in 5 Akten WWV 49
Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 3/II
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 107154
for: Orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1356830
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 355937
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 667004
Book
Item no.: 1550493
for: Violin [viola], piano
Music score
Item no.: 645159
for: Piano
Item no.: 1546178
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 639208
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 255963
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471355
Vocal Score based on the Richard Wagner Complete Edition edited by Wolfgang M. Wagner
Piano reduction
Item no.: 757846
for: Piano
Item no.: 353166
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 278813
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TTBB)], orchestra
Score
Item no.: 202259
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 206373
for: Accordion [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 612733
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287489
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588126
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588029
Edition Schott
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 731589
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301659
for: Tenor recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301651
for: Bass recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301649
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301645
for: Viola, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301622
for: Bass recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305974
for: Soprano saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305973
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021190
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314764
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314526
for: Treble recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249321
for: Tenor recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249318
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249313
for: Tenor saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249310
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249289
for: Bass trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249287
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1230743
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1747713
for: Klavier oder 2 Klaviere zu 4 Händen
Item no.: 217503
Lyric book
Item no.: 168600
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 104965
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613378
for: bass clarinet, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244997
for: Trumpet, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244977