Composer

Richard Wagner

1813–1883 · German

16 catalogued orchestral works — all with instrumentation confirmed against a source.

YearWorkInstrumentationDur.
1842Overture to Rienzi3 2 2 2 — 4 4 3 1 — tmp+2 — str12'
1843Der fliegende Holländer (complete opera) · opera · chorus3 3 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp — hp — str140'
1843Overture to Der fliegende Holländer2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp — hp — str10'
1845Overture to Tannhäuser3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — str14'
1845Tannhäuser (complete opera, Dresden version) · opera · chorus3[1.2.3/pic] 2 2+bcl 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+1 — hp — str; large stage banda210'
1850Lohengrin (complete opera) · opera · chorus3 4 4 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+3 — hp, org — str235'
1857Wesendonck Lieder (orch. Mottl)2 2 2 2 — 4 1 0 0 — tmp — str23'
1865Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde3 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp — hp — str17'
1865Tristan und Isolde (complete opera) · opera · chorus3[1.2.3/pic] 2+eh 2+bcl 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+1 — hp — str; offstage: eh, 6 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn235'
1868Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — hp — str10'
1869Das Rheingold (complete opera) · opera4 4 4 3 — 8 4 4 1 — tmp+2 — 6hp — str160'
1870Die Walküre (complete opera) · opera4 4 4 3 — 8 4 4 1 — tmp+3 — 6hp — str235'
1870Siegfried Idyll1 1 2 1 — 2 1 0 0 — str18'
1876Götterdämmerung (complete opera) · opera · chorus4 4 4 3 — 8 4 4 1 — tmp+3 — 6hp — str270'
1876Siegfried (complete opera) · opera4 4 4 3 — 8 4 4 1 — tmp+2 — 6hp — str240'
1882Parsifal (complete opera) · opera · chorus3 4 4 4 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — 2hp — str245'

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