Richard Wagner Of 1813-1883 Born - 1735 Words

Richard Wagner of 1813-1883 born in Germany became one of the world’s most influential dramatic composers best known for his operas. Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany on May 22 1813, the ninth child born into a middle-class family. He attended school in Dresden, German, growing up, he showed very little interest in music he was only concerned with writing poetry. Wagner continued on and at the age of 11, he had written his very own drama, and by the age of 16 he was composing his own musical compositions. Although Wagner didn’t complete his preparatory education curriculum, he still enrolled in Leipzig University in 1831. However, with very little patience with academic techniques he dedicated himself to the†¦show more content†¦Shortly after his return to Germany, Wagner became involved in the German political revolt (1848-1849) in which he wrote many articles advocating the revolution and he also became an active activist in the Dresden uprising of 1849. After the uprising failed warrants were issued for Wagner’s arrest, so he was forced to flee once again from Germany. Wagner fled to Switzerland, where he resided for the next 12 years. During his time in exile Wagner had written an essay titled Gesamtkunstwerk â€Å"The Total Work of Art† (1849), where he had given the direct description of his ideas of collaborations that combined: drama, music, dance, poetry, singing, and many other forms of art in one element. His belief of changing the style of the presentation would give the audience an unexpected experience of both music as well as drama so he created a presentation to interpret his idea in which he wanted to create a tremendous transformation of the element of presentation to an audience. Although Wagner created many pieces, he felt as though he could change the style and limitations of how opera was to be perceived. So Wagner showed his newest mature style that was to be considered an art of expression of self-realization of freedom, he did not want it to be categorized as an opera, this style later became to be known as â€Å"music drama†. With his new