Richard Wagner
1813 to 1883
15 documented presences
13 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for Richard Wagner across 13 places, from 1813 to 1883. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 to 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Richard Wagner was documented, and when
22 May 1813exact date
Leipzigattested
“Richard Wagner was born on 22 May 1813 to an ethnic German family in Leipzig, then part of the Confederation of the Rhine.”
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1821year
Kreuzschuleattested
“Following Geyer's death in 1821, Richard was sent to the Kreuzschule, the boarding school of the Dresdner Kreuzchor, at the expense of Geyer's brother.”
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1832year
Leipzigattested
“A year later, Wagner composed his Symphony in C major, a Beethovenesque work performed in Prague in 1832 and at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1833.”
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1832year
Pragueattested
“A year later, Wagner composed his Symphony in C major, a Beethovenesque work performed in Prague in 1832 and at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1833.”
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June 1837month
Rigaattested
“In June 1837, Wagner moved to Riga (then in the Russian Empire), where he became music director of the local opera; having in this capacity engaged Minna's sister Amalie (also a singer) for the theatre, he presently resumed relations wit…”
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June 1837month
Russian Empireattested
“In June 1837, Wagner moved to Riga (then in the Russian Empire), where he became music director of the local opera; having in this capacity engaged Minna's sister Amalie (also a singer) for the theatre, he presently resumed relations wit…”
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1842year
Dresdenattested
“With the strong support of Giacomo Meyerbeer, it was accepted for performance by the Dresden Court Theatre (Hofoper) in the Kingdom of Saxony, and in 1842 Wagner moved to Dresden.”
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1842year
Kingdom of Saxonyattested
“With the strong support of Giacomo Meyerbeer, it was accepted for performance by the Dresden Court Theatre (Hofoper) in the Kingdom of Saxony, and in 1842 Wagner moved to Dresden.”
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1845 to 1860period
Veniceattested
“Wagner wrote a first draft of the libretto in 1845, and he had resolved to develop it during a visit he had made to Venice with the Wesendoncks in 1860, where he was inspired by Titian's painting The Assumption of the Virgin.”
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November 1859month
Parisattested
“Perfectly good ones will be bound to drive people mad." In November 1859, Wagner once again moved to Paris to oversee production of a new revision of Tannhäuser, staged thanks to the efforts of Princess Pauline von Metternich, whose husb…”
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10 June 1865exact date
National Theatre Munichattested
“Wagner noted that his rescue by Ludwig coincided with news of the death of his earlier mentor (but later supposed enemy) Giacomo Meyerbeer, and regretted that "this operatic master, who had done me so much harm, should not have lived to…”
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1866year
Dresdenattested
“Here Minna visited him for the last time: they parted irrevocably, though Wagner continued to give financial support to her while she lived in Dresden until her death in 1866.”
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1869 to 1870period
Munichattested
“At Ludwig's insistence, "special previews" of the first two works of the Ring, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, were performed at Munich in 1869 and 1870, but Wagner retained his dream, first expressed in "A Communication to My Friends", t…”
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1871year
Bayreuthattested
“In 1871, Wagner decided to move to Bayreuth, which was to be the location of his new opera house.”
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13 February 1883exact date
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Places Richard Wagner is documented in
Dresden2 presences · 1842 to 1866Leipzig2 presences · 1813 to 1832Munich1 presence · 1869Paris1 presence · 1859Prague1 presence · 1832Riga1 presence · 1837Russian Empire1 presence · 1837Venice1 presence · 1845
Bayreuth1 presence · 1871
Ca' Vendramin Calergi1 presence · 1883
Kingdom of Saxony1 presence · 1842
Kreuzschule1 presence · 1821
Other places tied to Richard Wagner in the record
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August 1814month
Leipzigmentioned
“In August 1814 Johanna and Geyer probably married, although no documentation of this has been found in the Leipzig church registers.”
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1820year
Dresdenmentioned
“In late 1820, Wagner was enrolled at Pastor Wetzel's school at Possendorf, near Dresden, where he received some piano instruction from his Latin teacher.”
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1827year
January 1828month
Gewandhausmentioned
“In January 1828 he first heard Beethoven's 7th Symphony and then, in March, the same composer's 9th Symphony, both at the Gewandhaus.”
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1831year
Leipzigmentioned
“In 1831, Wagner enrolled at the Leipzig University, where he became a member of the Saxon student fraternity.”
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1833year
Mainfranken Theater Würzburgmentioned
“In 1833, Wagner's brother Albert managed to obtain for him a position as choirmaster at the Theatre Würzburg.”
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1834year
Leipzigmentioned
“Having returned to Leipzig in 1834, Wagner held a brief appointment as musical director at the opera house in Magdeburg during which he wrote Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love), based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.”
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1834year
Magdeburgmentioned
“Having returned to Leipzig in 1834, Wagner held a brief appointment as musical director at the opera house in Magdeburg during which he wrote Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love), based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.”
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1836year
Magdeburgmentioned
“This was staged at Magdeburg in 1836 but closed before the second performance; this, together with the financial collapse of the theatre company employing him, left the composer in bankruptcy.”
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24 November 1836exact date
Tragheim Churchmentioned
“The two married in Tragheim Church on 24 November 1836.”
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September 1839month
Parismentioned
“The Wagners settled in Paris in September 1839 and stayed there until 1842.”
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1842year
Parismentioned
“His relief at returning to Germany was recorded in his "Autobiographic Sketch" of 1842, where he wrote that, en route from Paris, "For the first time I saw the Rhine—with hot tears in my eyes, I, poor artist, swore eternal fidelity to my…”
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1842year
Germanymentioned
“His relief at returning to Germany was recorded in his "Autobiographic Sketch" of 1842, where he wrote that, en route from Paris, "For the first time I saw the Rhine—with hot tears in my eyes, I, poor artist, swore eternal fidelity to my…”
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1849year
Dresdenmentioned
“Widespread discontent came to a head in 1849, when the unsuccessful May Uprising in Dresden broke out, in which Wagner played a minor supporting role.”
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August 1850month
1852year
May 1853month
1861 to 1864period
1862year
1867year
1867year
1883year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Louis Antoine, Duke of AngoulêmePrague · 1832Petar II Petrović-NjegošRussian Empire · 1837Ludwig II of BavariaMunich · 1869Jules VerneParis · 1859Edgar DegasParis · 1859Henri BergsonParis · 1859Georges SeuratParis · 1859
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