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Wagner's Christmas

Wagner Operas Podcasts by Vincent Vargas

Dec 17, 201725:40Music

The Christmas season does not usually bring to mind the music of Richard Wagner , but it should, for on Christmas morning, in the year 1870, Cosima , the composer's wife, woke from her slumbers to a new composition writt...

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Wagner's Christmas is an episode from Wagner Operas Podcasts by Vincent Vargas. The Christmas season does not usually bring to mind the music of Richard Wagner , but it should, for on Christmas morning, in the year 1870, Cosima , the compos...

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The Christmas season does not usually bring to mind the music of Richard Wagner , but it should, for on Christmas morning, in the year 1870, Cosima , the composer's wife, woke from her slumbers to a new composition written by her husband to celebrate her 25th of December birthday, and played at their house by her friends. The composition was the Siegfried Idyll , Wagner's very special Christmas music.

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Published Dec 17, 2017 and 25:40 long