Richard Wagner and Friends in Bayrueth
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Friedrich Bruckmann
(active Munich, 1814 - 1898)
subject
Franz Liszt
(Sopron, Hungary, 1811 - 1886, Bayreuth, Germany)
subject
Richard Wagner
(Leipzig, 1813 - 1883, Venice)
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Georg Papperitz
(German, 1846 - 1918)
subject
Franz Seraph von Lenbach
(German, 1836 - 1904)
subject
Siegfried Wagner
(German, 1869 - 1930)
subject
Heinrich Vogl
(German, 1845 - 1900)
subject
Hermann Levi
(German, 1939 - 1900)
subject
Hans Richter
(Austrian-Hungarian, 1843 - 1916)
subject
Albert Niemann
(German, 1831 - 1917)
subject
Amalie Fredrich Materna
(St. Georgen in der Steiermark, 1844 - 1918, Vienna)
Dateabout 1880
Place MadeMunich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
MediumAlbumen print on card
Dimensions17 x 11.2 cm (6 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006312
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryDuring Isabella’s lifetime, German composer Richard Wagner was at the epicenter of the classical music world. This photographic print illustrates a musical salon in Bayreuth, where Wagner hosted an annual music festival. He is surrounded by luminaries such as composer and pianist Franz Liszt and opera singer Amalie Materna.Isabella admired Wagner’s work and went to great lengths to see his performances. She traveled many times to Bayreuth and attended his operas in the United States and Europe. She displayed this print in the Musicians Case in the Yellow Room along with other collected scores and librettos.
Id721183
Last Updated9/17/24
Previous NumberU2w329
EmbARK ObjectID32167
Other NumberU1w329
Source ID15739
Thomas E. Marr and Son
6 October 1910
Thomas E. Marr and Son
6 October 1910