Wolfgang Rihm (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʁiːm]; 13 March 1952 – 27 July 2024) was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic...
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compositions by Wolfgang Rihm. His output numbers more than 500 works. Rihm's compositions were published by Universal Edition. IRCAM has a list of Rihm's works...
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Die Hamletmaschine (opera) (category Operas by Wolfgang Rihm)
Die Hamletmaschine is an opera composed by Wolfgang Rihm to a German-language libretto based on Heiner Müller's 1977 play of the same name. The libretto...
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Oedipus (opera) (category Operas by Wolfgang Rihm)
Oedipus is an opera in two parts composed by Wolfgang Rihm to a German-language libretto that he based on the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and...
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German pole vaulter Wolfgang Reitherman (1909–1985), German-American Disney animator Wolfgang Rihm (1952–2024), German composer Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (born...
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Reminiszenz (category Compositions by Wolfgang Rihm)
Reminiszenz is a song cycle for tenor and large orchestra by Wolfgang Rihm composed in 2016 for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. It is subtitled...
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Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg and more recently Wolfgang Rihm have been inspired by his music, as were French composers such as Georges...
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Die Eroberung von Mexico (category Operas by Wolfgang Rihm)
Eroberung von Mexico (The Conquest of Mexico) is an opera in four acts by Wolfgang Rihm, premiered at the Hamburg State Opera on 9 February 1992. The libretto...
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American professional wrestler (Jim Crockett Promotions, UWF, WWF). Wolfgang Rihm, 72, German composer (Jakob Lenz, Die Hamletmaschine, Dionysos), cancer...
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Dionysos (opera) (category Operas by Wolfgang Rihm)
Dionysos is an opera by Wolfgang Rihm based on Friedrich Nietzsche's Dionysian Dithyrambs. The composer wrote the libretto and subtitled his work: "Opernphantasie...
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