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Wagner

[ wag-ner vahg-neror, German, vahg-nuhr ]

noun

  1. Ho·nus [hoh, -n, uh, s], John Peter, 1874–1955, U.S. baseball player.
  2. Ot·to [ot, -oh, awt, -oh], 1841–1918, Austrian architect.
  3. Rich·ard [rich, -erd, rikh, -ah, r, t], 1813–83, German composer.
  4. Robert F(erdinand), 1877–1953, U.S. politician.
  5. his son Robert F(erdinand), Jr., 1910–91, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1954–65.


Wagner

/ ˈvɑːɡnə /

noun

  1. WagnerOtto18411918MAustrianARCHITECTURE: architect Otto. 1841–1918, Austrian architect, whose emphasis on function and structure in such buildings as the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna (1904–06), influenced the development of modern architecture
  2. Wagner(Wilhelm) Richard18131883MGermanMUSIC: composer ( Wilhelm ) Richard (ˈrɪçart). 1813–83, German romantic composer noted chiefly for his invention of the music drama. His cycle of four such dramas The Ring of the Nibelung was produced at his own theatre in Bayreuth in 1876. His other operas include Tannhäuser (1845; revised 1861), Tristan and Isolde (1865), and Parsifal (1882)


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Chicago later flipped Wagner and big man Luke Kornet for center Daniel Theis in a deal with the Boston Celtics, according to multiple reports.

Wagner was acquired by Chicago from the Washington Wizards in a deal earlier Thursday.

In two years with Howard, the four-star Wagner was named to the Big Ten all-freshman team and this season was voted all-Big Ten second team.

Michigan Coach Juwan Howard and Wagner stopped to speak to Morsell on their way to the locker room at halftime.

“There are a lot of other hospitals just like us in our situation,” Wagner said.

I would call Bruce Wagner while writing and say, “Hey Bruce, is this normal thing or is it just me?”

And all of a sudden, the bill that Rockefeller and Wagner had declared dead was very much alive.

Honey says he believes that Corker and other pols “are probably violating the Wagner Act.”

It was built for “Mad” King Ludwig II, who announced construction of the castle in a letter to his confidant Richard Wagner.

Wagner, as irascible and cynical as he can be, is a subtly empathetic writer.

And then what could be more deep and poetic than Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert's and Wagner's songs?

I asked him to tell me how he produced a certain effect he makes in his arrangement of the ballad in Wagner's Flying Dutchman.

One day he remarked fearlessly: I am sure of this—Serov has more talent for composition than Wagner.

Wagner, who followed immediately in his wake, was greeted by the crowds with as much enthusiasm as the Emperor.

For a very long time I have wished to send you a brochure on Wagner, beyond which I do not know what to send.

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