Richard Wagner

In 1867 Richard Wagner completed his only comic opera 'Die Meistersänger von Nürnberg' (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) for which he himself had written the libretto, based on the 'Nuremberg Chronicle...

Wagner composed his opera Lohengrin about 1849. This splendid piece is extracted from that opera. It describes a huge procession of nicely dressed guests headed by Elsa walking through the cathedral g...

Aufführungsmöglichkeit: Blasorchester und Chor (SATB) ad lib.

Oversized Score

Lucien Cailliet's concert band arrangement for Richard Wagner's Elsa'a Procession to the Cathedral maintains the timeless elegance that has made this piece a standard. (5:57) This title is available i...

Arrangements for the piano, transcriptions and opera paraphrases take up a large part in Franz Liszt's complete œuvre. He even arranged scenes from the music dramas of Richard Wagner. The transcriptio...

In the last scene of Wagner's opera 'The Valkyrie', Wotan, the father of the gods, punishes his daughter Brünnhilde for her disobedience. He wants to curse her to a deep sleep for her to be helplessly...

Carl Tausig erhielt die erste Musikausbildung bei seinem Vater, dem Komponisten und Thalberg-Schüler Aloys Tausig. Mit 14 Jahren ging er nach Weimar, um Unterricht bei Franz Liszt zu nehmen, von dem e...