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Meaning of "Wagner" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WAGNER

Wagner  [ˈvɑːɡnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAGNER

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Wagner is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WAGNER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Weber and Meyerbeer, Wagner revolutionised opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, by which he sought to synthesise the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music subsidiary to drama, and which was announced in a series of essays between 1849 and 1852. Wagner realised these ideas most fully in the first half of the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements. His advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, greatly influenced the development of classical music.

Definition of Wagner in the English dictionary

The definition of Wagner in the dictionary is Otto. 1841–1918, Austrian architect, whose emphasis on function and structure in such buildings as the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna, influenced the development of modern architecture. Other definition of Wagner is Richard. 1813–83, German romantic composer noted chiefly for his invention of the music drama. His cycle of four such dramas The Ring of the Nibelung was produced at his own theatre in Bayreuth in 1876. His other operas include Tannhäuser, Tristan and Isolde, and Parsifal.

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signa
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Wigner
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WORDS THAT END LIKE WAGNER

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Synonyms and antonyms of Wagner in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Wagner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAGNER

Find out the translation of Wagner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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瓦格纳
1,325 millions of speakers

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Wagner
570 millions of speakers

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Wagner
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वैगनर
380 millions of speakers
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فاغنر
280 millions of speakers

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Вагнер
278 millions of speakers

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Wagner
270 millions of speakers

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ওয়াগনার
260 millions of speakers

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Wagner
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Wagner
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wagner
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ワーグナー
130 millions of speakers

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바그너
85 millions of speakers

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Wagner
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Wagner
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வாக்னர்
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वॅग्नर
75 millions of speakers

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Wagner
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Wagner
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Wagner
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Вагнер
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Wagner
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Wagner
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Wagner
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Wagner
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Wagner
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Trends of use of Wagner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAGNER»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAGNER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Wagner

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10 QUOTES WITH «WAGNER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Wagner.
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Elvis Costello
I don't think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I've had. I was accused of destroying pop music, like Wagner destroyed opera - a guy in Germany started ranting that at me.
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Robert Dallek
The so-called second New Deal of 1935 - including the Works Progress Administration, Social Security and the Wagner Act legalizing union labor - represented an effort to meet the rising voices demanding a more aggressive government approach to the collapse of national prosperity.
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Ernie Harwell
There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.
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Waite Hoyt
I was so naive in radio technique that I knew nothing about timing. I would write pages on Honus Wagner and then get only half through by the time the show ended. I eventually learned, but there was nobody there to school me.
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Franz Liszt
I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill.
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Bharati Mukherjee
I thought of America as Natalie Wood and Bob Wagner sprawled on the edge of a Hollywood swimming pool biting into the same red apple.
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Ernest Newman
Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.
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Bernadette Peters
We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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Gioachino Rossini
Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours.
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Gioachino Rossini
Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAGNER»

Discover the use of Wagner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Wagner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Opera and Drama
The expected Wagnerian voltage is here: in his thinking about myths such as Oedipus, his theories about operatic goals and musical possibilities, his contempt for musical politics, his exaltation of feeling and fantasy, his reflections ...
Richard Wagner, 1995
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In Search of Wagner
This new edition includes a lengthy foreword by Slavoj Zizek, entitled "Why is Wagner worth saving?"
Theodor W. Adorno, 2005
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Wagner and Cinema
The work of Richard Wagner is a continuing source of artistic inspiration and ideological controversy in literature, philosophy, and music, as well as cinema.
Jeongwon Joe, Sander L. Gilman, 2010
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Wagner and the Art of the Theatre
In this stage history Carnegy vividly evokes the - often scandalous - great productions which have left their mark not only on our understanding of Wagner but on modern theatre as a whole.
Patrick Carnegy, 2006
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Richard Wagner and the Anti-Semitic Imagination
This book addresses one of the most hotly contested debates in contemporary cultural life: the question of how anti-Semitism figures in the operas of Richard Wagner.
Marc A. Weiner, 1997
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Wagner and Russia
This book explores the immense influence of the composer Richard Wagner on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian writers, musicians and artists.
Rosamund Bartlett, 1995
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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Seven leading international writers discuss the genesis, libretto and music, and performance and reception history of Wagner's Tristan.
Arthur Groos, 2011
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Wagner and Beethoven: Richard Wagner's Reception of Beethoven
This book analyzes the lifelong impact of Beethoven's music on Wagner and its importance for his conception of music drama.
Klaus Kropfinger, 1991
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A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal
New essays demonstrating and exploring the abiding fascination of Wagner's controversial work.
William Kinderman, Katherine Rae Syer, 2005
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Wagner's Melodies: Aesthetics and Materialism in German ...
Wagner's Melodies places the composer's ideas about melody in the context of the scientific discourse of his age.
David Trippett, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAGNER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Wagner is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bobby Wagner signs 4-year extension worth $43 million with …
Team owner Paul Allen confirmed Wagner's extension on his Twitter account Saturday night. The deal is worth $43 million, a source confirmed to ESPN, making ... «ESPN, Aug 15»
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MSNBC Daytime Overhaul: Alex Wagner, Ed Schultz, 'The Cycle …
“The Cycle,” co-hosted by Ari Melber, Toure, Abby Huntsman and Krystal Ball was canceled at 3 p.m.ET; “Now” with Alex Wagner is out at 4 p.m. ET; and “The Ed ... «TheWrap, Jul 15»
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New Bayreuth Wagner museum confronts family Nazi ties head on
None of the famously quarrelsome Wagner descendants, including his ... Eva Pasquier-Wagner, the outgoing co-director, had yet seen the new museum, but the ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
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Haylie Wagner Calls Game To Keep Michigan Alive In WCWS
In her first start in this World Series, Haylie Wagner took it from there for the Wolverines. The game of her life trumped the player of the year. As a result, for just ... «ESPN, Jun 15»
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Wagner family grateful after second twin gets liver transplant
It was the second time around for the Wagner family; Michael donated his liver to Binh's twin sister Phuoc in a widely publicized February operation. Now, finally ... «Toronto Star, Apr 15»
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Wagner puts troubles behind him, goes deep in SHO title hunt
A lot has happened in Johnson Wagner's career and life since he won the Shell Houston Open in 2008. He lost his PGA Tour card a couple of times, added a ... «Chron.com, Apr 15»
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Michael Wagner's liver donation still leaves 1 twin daughter in need
A Kingston, Ont., father underwent an operation Tuesday to give part of his liver to one of his ailing twin daughters. Michael Wagner's three-year-old twins ... «CBC.ca, Feb 15»
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Ashley Wagner shatters records for third U.S. figure skating title
Wagner shattered the U.S. Figure Skating Championships women's records for free skate and total scores, compiling 148.98 and 221.02, respectively, to win her ... «NBCSports.com, Jan 15»
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Obama Will Attend MSNBC Host Alex Wagner's Wedding
The city of New Rochelle, N.Y., will soon play host to the wedding of MSNBC host Alex Wagner and White House special advisor/chef Sam Kass, Vogue ... «Mediaite, Aug 14»
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Jeter ties Wagner for sixth on hits list
NEW YORK -- Derek Jeter tied Honus Wagner for sixth on the all-time hits list with his first-inning single. Jeter and Wagner each have 3,430 hits. If Jeter sticks to ... «ESPN, Aug 14»

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