Richard Wagner Foundation

The Richard Wagner Foundation (in German Richard-Wagner-Stiftung) was formed in 1973, when, faced with overwhelming criticism and infighting amongst the descendants of Richard Wagner,[1] the Bayreuth Festival and its assets were transferred to the newly created Foundation. The board of directors included members of the Wagner family and others appointed by the state.[2]

The Wagner family handed over the Festspielhaus and the Richard Wagner Archive to the Foundation and donated Wagner's villa Wahnfried to the town of Bayreuth. In 1976 the National Archive of the Richard Wagner Foundation (formerly known as the Richard Wagner Family Archive or Wahnfried Archive), was deposited with the Foundation.[3]

In 2008 the Foundation's 24 board members, mostly descendants of Wagner, selected Katharina Wagner and her sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier to lead the Bayreuth Festival following the decision of Wolfgang Wagner to stand down.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Riding, Alan. (31 July 2007). 'A Bayreuth Drama Worthy of, Well, Wagner'. The New York Times.
2. ^ .Statutes of the Foundation (in German) Archived 17 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Bayreuth Festival website.
3. ^ The Foundation and the National Archive. (Bayreuth, Germany).
4. ^ Paterson, Tony . (1 September 2008). 'Peace breaks out in Wagnerian feud'. The Independent. (Berlin, Germany).

## External links

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* Official site: The Richard Wagner Foundation and Wahnfried House

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Richard Wagner

* List of works for the stage
* List of compositions

Complete operas|

| Early works|

* Die Feen
* Das Liebesverbot
* Rienzi

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Romantic operas|

* Der fliegende Holländer
* Tannhäuser
* Lohengrin

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Music dramas|

| Der Ring des Nibelungen |

* Das Rheingold
* Die Walküre
* Siegfried
* Götterdämmerung

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* Tristan und Isolde
* Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
* Parsifal

Non-operatic music|

* Symphony in C major (1832)
* Polonia Overture (1836)
* Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1843)
* Faust Overture (1844, rev. 1855)
* Wesendonck Lieder (1858)
* Siegfried Idyll (1870)
* Kaisermarsch

Writings|

* "Art and Revolution"
* "The Artwork of the Future"
* "Autobiographic Sketch"
* "A Communication to My Friends"
* "Das Judenthum in der Musik (Jewishness in Music)"
* Leubald
* Mein Leben
* "Music of the Future"
* Opera and Drama

Other opera|

| Opera excerpts|

* "Bridal Chorus"
* "Ride of the Valkyries"
* "Liebestod"

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Unfinished operas|

* Die Laune des Verliebten (1830)
* Die Hochzeit (1832)
* Männerlist größer als Frauenlist (1838)
* Wieland der Schmied (1850; text only)
* Die Sieger (1858; text only)

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Inventions|

* Holztrompete
* Wagner tuba

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Bayreuth Festival|

* Bayreuther Blätter
* Bayreuth canon
* Bayreuth Circle
* Bayreuth Festival
* Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
* Bayreuth Festspielhaus
* Jahrhundertring
* Richard Wagner Foundation

Wagner family|

* Isolde Beidler
* Eva Chamberlain
* Houston Stewart Chamberlain
* Ludwig Geyer
* Cosima Wagner
* Katharina Wagner
* Minna Wagner
* Nike Wagner
* Siegfried Wagner
* Wieland Wagner
* Winifred Wagner
* Wolfgang Wagner
* Eva Wagner-Pasquier

Cultural depictions|

* Wagner Dream (opera)
* Wagner (1983 film)
* Wagner's Dream (2012 film)
* Wahnfried (1986 film)

| Film adaptations|

* Parsifal (1904 film)
* Parsifal (1982 film)

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Named for Wagner|

* Richard Wagner Monument
* Richard Wagner Memorial
* Wagner (crater)
* Wagner Ice Piedmont
* 3992 Wagner

Related|

* The Case of Wagner
* Gesamtkunstwerk
* International Association of Wagner Societies
* Leitmotif
* List of films using the music of Richard Wagner
* Musikdrama
* Nietzsche contra Wagner
* Parsifal bells
* The Perfect Wagnerite
* Rhinemaidens
* Der Ring in Minden
* Tristan chord
* Controversies
* Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis
* Museo Wagner
* Richard Wagner Museum, Lucerne
* Wahnfried

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* WikiProject

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* Germany
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