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I am writing Parsifal only for my wife - if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing more to say.

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Richard Wagner
Age: 69 †
Born: 1813
Born: May 22
Died: 1883
Died: February 13
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner
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