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Siegfried Wagner

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Siegfried Wagner (6 June 1869 - 1930) was the son of Richard Wagner and Cosima von Bülow and the grandson of Franz Liszt. He was a very productive opera composer, who composed even more operas than his father, Richard Wagner. In1896 he started conducting at Bayreuth and around Germany. Siegfried was the artistic director of the Bayreuth festival from 1908 to 1930. Though his works are numerous, none has entered the standard repertory.

On 22 September, 1915, he married Winifred Williams Klindworth. They had four children:

  1. Wieland (1917-1966)
  2. Friedelinde (1918-1991)
  3. Wolfgang (born 1919)
  4. Verena (born 1920)

Though 'Fidi' was bisexual and preferred the company of men, he did have an illegitimate son, Walter Aign, by a pastor's daughter. While Siegried was alive, Walter was employed as a repetiteur at the Festspielhaus; after his death, when Winifred Wagner took control, she had him fired.

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