List of compositions by Richard Wagner

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This is a sortable list of compositions by Richard Wagner.

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Notes

  1. ↑ The numbers given for Richard Wagner's works are from the Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis (WWV).
  2. ↑ Saffle, Saffle (2002). Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide (Second ed.). Routledge Music Bibliographies. p. 303. ISBN   978-0415998406.
  3. ↑ Millington, Barry (October 30, 1992). Wagner: Revised Edition. Princeton University Press. p. 280. ISBN   978-0691027227.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Millington 2001.
  5. ↑ "Wolf's Thematic Index of the Works of the Great Composers".
  6. 1 2 3 4 Kirby 1997.
  7. ↑ "Wolf's Thematic Index of the Works of the Great Composers".
  8. ↑ Borchmeyer, Dieter (2003). Drama and the World of Richard Wagner. Princeton University Press. p. 45. ISBN   978-0691114972.

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