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German[de]
Hauptwerke: 'Rienzi' 1840, 'Der fliegende Holländer' 1841, 'Tannhäuser' 1845, 'Lohengrin' 1847, 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' : 'Rheingold', 'Walküre', 'Siegfried', 'Götterdämmerung', 'Tristan und Isolde' 1859, 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' 1867, 'Parsifal' 1879, Symphonien, 9 Konzert-Ouvertüren, 'Wesendonck-Lieder'...
English[en]
He developed the use of the Leitmotiv (leading motif) as a principle of musical unity, his dramatic musical structure depending on the interweaving of melodies or fragments of melody associated with characters, incidents or ideas in the drama. His Prelude to the love tragedy Tristan und Isolde led to a new world of harmony.