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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 295238
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416704
Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen
Klavierauszug nach der Gesamtausgabe
Item no.: 757847
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
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284556
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 211727
Preludes to Acts 1 and 3
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749220
Schott Archive
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 724077
Vorspiel
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 723802
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 416709
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284549
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416698
Lyric book
Item no.: 111603
for: Alt und Kammerorchester oder Klavier
Piano reduction
Item no.: 287454
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 166793
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 587401
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 367359
Lyric book
Item no.: 385863
Lyric book
Item no.: 214239
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 463471
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224561
Item no.: 610737
from "The Valkyrie"
for: Bass-Klarinette und Klavier
Score, part
Item no.: 1209203
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 255826
Overture to the Opera
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 735966
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 394629
Overture to the Opera – Dresden Version
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 493511
Piano reduction
Item no.: 608994
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357168
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 201100
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 353167
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360854
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360852
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 130567
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360848
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 463589
Ouvertüre der Oper, arrangiert für Orgel solo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 658023
for: Piano
Item no.: 610160
for: Voice, organ
Item no.: 184295
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360847
for: Piano
Item no.: 613311
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 150286
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 392097