Who's who in Wagner
An a to Z look at his life and work
An a to Z look at his life and work
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| Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund (b. 1903 d. 1969) | Komposition, social philosopher |
| Agoult, Marie Catherine Sophie (b. 1805 d. 1876 a. 19th century |
mother of Cosima Wagner, writer |
| Alvary, Maximillian (b. 1856 d. 1898) | tenor |
| Anders, Peter (b. 1908 d. 1954) | Sanger, tenor |
| Apel, Guido Theodor (b. 1811 d. 1867) | writer |
| Auber, Daniel Francois Esprit (b. 1782 a. 19th century |
composer, compositore |
| Auerbach, Berthold (b. 1812 d. 1882) | friend of Wagner's |
| Avenarius, Cacilie (b. 1815 d. 1893) | half-sister of Wagner |
| Avenarius, Eduard Brockhaus (b. 1809 d. 1885) | publisher |
| Bailey, Norman (Stanley) (b. 1933) | baritone, trumpet |
| Bakunin, Michail Alexandrowitsch (b. 1814 d. 1876) | revolutionary anarchist |
| Bartok, Bela (b. 1881 a. 1939) | composer, compositeur |
| Baudelaire, Charles Pierre (b. 1821 d. 1867) | poet |
| Beardsley, Aubrey (b. 1872 d. 1898) | artist, illustrator |
| Beecham, Thomas (b. 1879 d. 1961) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Beethoven, Ludwig (b. 1770 d. 1827) | composer, compositore |
| Bellini, Vincenzo (b. 1801) | composer, compositore |
| Bennett, Arnold [Enoch Arnold] (b. 1867 d. 1931) | author, writer |
| Berg, Alban (Maria Johannes) (b. 1885) | composer, compositore |
| Berlioz, Hector [Louis-Hector] (b. 1803 d. 1869) | composer, compositore |
| Betz, Franz (b. 1835 d. 1900) | baritone, Sanger |
| Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto (b. 1815 d. 1898) | statesman |
| Bispham, David Scull (b. 1857 d. 1921) | baritone, vocals |
| Bizet, Georges (b. 1838) | author, composer |
| Bockelmann, Rudolf (August Louis Wilhelm) (b. 1892 d. 1958) | bass-baritone |
| Bohm, Karl (b. 1894 d. 1981) | conductor |
| Bohnen, Michael (b. 1887 d. 1965) | bass-baritone, Bass |
| Borgatti, Giuseppe (b. 1871 d. 1950) | tenor, tenore |
| Boulez, Pierre (b. 1925) | composer, conductor |
| Brahms, Johannes (b. 1833) | composer, compositore |
| Brandt, Johann Friedrich (b. 1828 d. 1881) | Buhnenmeister, Maschinenmeister |
| Branzell, Karin (Maria) (b. 1891) | alt~, contralto |
| Brema, Marie (b. 1856 d. 1925) | chanteur, mezzo-soprano |
| Brilioth, Helge (b. 1931) | piano, sanger |
| Bruckner, Anton (Joseph) (b. 1824 d. 1896) | composer, compositore |
| Bruckner, Gotthold (b. 1844 d. 1892) | scene designer |
| Bruckner, Max (b. 1836 d. 1919) | Buhnenbildner |
| Bulow, Blandine von [Bonichen] [Boni] (b. 1863 d. 1941) |
| Bulow, Daniela von [Loulou] [Lulu] (b. 1860 d. 1940) |
| Bulow, Hans (b. 1830 d. 1894) | direttore, Dirigent |
| Burgess, Anthony (b. 1917 d. 1993) | librettist, librettista |
| Burgstaller, Alois (b. 1871 d. 1945) | tenor, Uhrmacher |
| Calderon de la Barca, Pedro (b. 1600 d. 1681) | dramatist, libretista |
| Chabrier, Emmanuel [Alexis-Emmanuel] (b. 1841 d. 1894) | composer, compositore |
| Chamberlain, Houston Stewart (b. 1855 d. 1927) | writer |
| Claudel, Paul-Louis-Charles-Marie (b. 1868 d. 1955) | poet, dramatist |
| Cobelli, Giuseppina (b. 1898 d. 1948) | interprete, soprano |
| Cornelius, Peter [Carl August Peter] (b. 1824 d. 1874) | composer |
| Crespin, Regine C. (b. 1927) | interprete, Sanger |
| Dalmores, Charles (b. 1871) | tenor, singer |
| Dannreuther, Edward (George) (b. 1844 d. 1905) | piano, writer |
| Davison, James William (b. 1813 d. 1885) | critic |
| De Reszke, Jean (b. 1850 d. 1925) | piano, tenor |
| Debussy, Claude (b. 1862) | composer, compositore |
| Dernesch, Helga (b. 1939) | mezzo-soprano, Sanger |
| Destinn, Emmy (b. 1878 d. 1930) | dramatic soprano, Sanger |
| Devrient, Eduard (Philipp) (b. 1801 d. 1877) | theater historian, librettist |
| Dietsch, Louis (b. 1808 d. 1865) | conductor, composer |
| Dore, Gustavo (b. 1833 d. 1883) | painter, sculptor |
| Dorn, Heinrich Ludwig Egmont (b. 1804 d. 1892) | composer, conductor |
| Douglas, George Norman (b. 1868 d. 1952) | novelist, essayist |
| Dujardin, Edouard Emile Louis (b. 1861 d. 1949) | novelist |
| Duncan, Isadora (b. 1877 d. 1927) | cast, dancer |
| Duparc, Henri (b. 1848) | composer, compositeur |
| Eckert, Carl Anton Florian (b. 1820 d. 1879) | composer |
| Ellis, William Ashton (b. 1853 d. 1919) | medical doctor, translator |
| Esser, Heinrich (b. 1818 d. 1872) | compositore, conductor |
| Feuerbach, Ludwig Andreas (b. 1804 d. 1872) | Philosoph |
| Feustel, Friedrich (b. 1824 d. 1891) | Bankier |
| Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich (b. 1925) | baritone, bass |
| Flagstad, Kirsten (Malfrid) (b. 1895 d. 1962) | sangerinde, sopran |
| Franck, Cesar Auguste (b. 1822) | composer, compositore |
| Frantz, Gustav Adolph Constantin (b. 1817 d. 1891) | Politischer Schriftsteller |
| Fremstad, Olive (b. 1871 d. 1951) | mezzo-soprano, singer |
| Frick, Gottlob (b. 1906) | bass, basso |
| Friedrich, Gotz (b. 1930) | instruktor, opera producer |
| Fritzsch, Ernst Wilhelm (b. 1840 d. 1902) | publisher |
| Frommann, Alwine (b. 1800 d. 1875) | Malerin |
| Fuchs, Eugen (b. 1893 d. 1971) | baritone, tenor |
| Fuchs, Marta (b. 1898 d. 1974) | Soloist: Gesang, soprano |
| Furtwangler, Wilhelm (b. 1886 d. 1954) | cembalo, chef d'orchestre |
| Gadski, Johanna (b. 1872) | soprano, vocals |
| Gautier, Judith (b. 1845 d. 1917) | author, writer on music |
| Gervinus, Georg Gottfried (b. 1805 d. 1871) | historian |
| Geyer, Ludwig Heinrich Christian (b. 1779 d. 1821) | Schauspieler, Dramatiker |
| Gide, Andre (b. 1869 d. 1951) | novelist |
| Glasenapp, Carl Friedrich (b. 1847 d. 1915) | biograf, writer on music |
| Gobineau, Joseph Arthur (b. 1816 d. 1882) | diplomat, writer |
| Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (b. 1749 d. 1832) | writer, poet |
| Goodall, Reginald (b. 1905 d. 1990) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Gotfrid von Strassburg (a. 1200-1210) | poet |
| Greindl, Josef (b. 1912 d. 1993) | bass, interprete |
| Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup) (b. 1843) | composer, compositor |
| Grove, George (b. 1820 d. 1900) | engineer, writer on music |
| Gulbranson, Ellen (b. 1863) | Sanger, sangerinde |
| Gura, Eugen (b. 1842 d. 1906) | bass-baritone, Sanger |
| Gutzkow, Karl Ferdinand (b. 1811 d. 1878) | novelist, dramatist |
| Habeneck, Francois-Antoine (b. 1781 d. 1849 a. 19th century |
chef d'orchestre, violin |
| Halevy, Fromental [Jacques-Francois-Fromental] (b. 1799 d. 1862) | composer, teacher |
| Hanslick, Eduard (b. 1825 d. 1904) | critic, aesthetician |
| Hauser, Franz (b. 1794 d. 1870) | baritone, teacher |
| Heckel, Emil [Philipp Jacob Emil] (b. 1831 d. 1908) | piano maker |
| Heine, Heinrich (b. 1797 d. 1856) | poet, prose writer |
| Herwegh, Georg (b. 1817 d. 1875) | lyricist |
| Hesse, Hermann (b. 1877 d. 1962) | writer |
| Hitler, Adolf (b. 1889 d. 1945) | Politiker |
| Hoffmann, E.T.A. [Ernst Theodor Amadeus] (b. 1776 d. 1822 a. 1802) | librettista, writer |
| Holtei, Karl (b. 1798 d. 1880) | actor, theater manager |
| Hotter, Hans (b. 1909) | baritone, bass-baritone |
| Humperdinck, Engelbert (b. 1854) | composer, compositore |
| Hunter, Rita (Nellie) (b. 1933) | soprano, vocals |
| Huysmans, Joris-Karl (b. 1848 d. 1907) | novelist, aesthete |
| Indy, Vincent [Paul Marie Theodore Vincent] (b. 1851 d. 1931) | composer, theorist |
| Janssen, Herbert (b. 1892 d. 1965) | baritone, Sanger |
| Jones, Gwyneth (b. 1937) | soprano, vocals |
| Joukowsky, Paul (b. 1845 d. 1912) | painter |
| Joyce, James (Augustine Aloysius) (b. 1882 d. 1941) | writer |
| Kappel, Gertrude (b. 1884 d. 1971) | soprano |
| Karajan, Herbert (b. 1908 d. 1989) | cembalo, conductor |
| Kietz, Gustav Adolph (b. 1824 d. 1908) | Bildhauer |
| King, James Ambrose (b. 1925) | drums, Sanger |
| Kipnis, Alexander (b. 1891 d. 1978) | Bass, chanteur |
| Klindworth, Karl (b. 1830 d. 1916) | Dirigent, piano |
| Klose, Margarete Frida (b. 1902 d. 1968) | mezzo-Soprano or Contralto, mezzo-soprano |
| Knappertsbusch, Hans (b. 1888 d. 1965) | conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
| Kobbe, Gustav (b. 1857 d. 1918) | critic |
| Kollo, Rene (b. 1937) | interprete, Sanger |
| Kurt, Melanie (b. 1880 d. 1941) | Sanger, soprano |
| Lammers, Gerda (b. 1915) | Sanger, soprano |
| Larsen-Todsen, Nanny Isidora (b. 1884 d. 1982) | Sanger, sangerinde |
| Laube, Heinrich (b. 1806 d. 1884) | journalist, dramatist |
| Laubenthal, Rudolf (b. 1886 d. 1971) | Sanger, tenor |
| Laussot, Jessie (b. 1829 d. 1905) | writer on music |
| Lawrence, D.H. [David Herbert] (b. 1885 d. 1930) | novelist, poet |
| Lehmann, Lilli (b. 1848 d. 1929) | Sanger, sangerinde |
| Lehmann, Lotte (b. 1888 d. 1976) | chanteur, Sanger |
| Lehrs, Samuel (b. 1806 d. 1843) | philologist |
| Lemnitz, Tiana (Luise) (b. 1897) | Sanger, soprano |
| Lenbach, Franz (b. 1836 d. 1904) | Portratmaler |
| Levi, Hermann (b. 1839 d. 1900) | conductor, Kapellmeister |
| Liszt, Blandine (b. 1835 d. 1862) | Cosima Wagner's elder sister |
| Liszt, Daniel (b. 1839 d. 1859) | Cosima Wagner's brother |
| Liszt, Franz (b. 1811) | composer, compositore |
| Litvinne, Felia (Vasil'yevna) (b. 1861 d. 1936) | chanteur, chanteuse |
| London, George (b. 1919 d. 1985) | bass-baritone, interprete |
| Lorenz, Max (b. 1901 d. 1975) | Sanger, tenor |
| Lortzing, Albert [Gustav Albert] (b. 1801 d. 1851) | composer, Komponist |
| Lubin, Germaine (Leontine Angelique) (b. 1890 d. 1979) | chanteur, soprano |
| Ludwig, Christa (b. 1924) | mezzo-soprano, Sanger |
| Ludwig II (b. 1845 d. 1886) | Konig von Bayern |
| Luttichau, Wolf Adolf August (b. 1785 d. 1863) | Hofbeamter |
| Lytton, Edward George Earle (b. 1803 d. 1873) | writer, politician |
| Magnan, Bernard Pierre (b. 1791 d. 1865) | officer, patron |
| Mahler, Gustav (b. 1860) | composer, Dirigent |
| Maier, Mathilde (b. 1833 d. 1910) | Wagner's mistress |
| Mallarme, Stephane (b. 1842 d. 1898) | poet |
| Malten, Therese (b. 1855 d. 1930) | Sanger, soprano |
| Mancinelli, Luigi (b. 1848) | conductor, direttore d'orchestra |
| Mann, Thomas (Johann Heinrich) (b. 1875 d. 1955) | writer |
| Marschner, Heinrich August (b. 1795 d. 1861) | composer |
| Marx, Karl (Heinrich) (b. 1818 d. 1883) | philosopher |
| Materna-Friedrich, Amalie (b. 1844 d. 1918) | soprano |
| Matzenauer, Margarete (b. 1881 d. 1963) | contralto, mezzo-soprano |
| Mayr, Richard (b. 1877 d. 1935) | bass, Sanger |
| McIntyre, Donald Conroy (b. 1934) | baritone, bass-baritone |
| Mehta, Zubin (b. 1936) | conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
| Melchior, Lauritz (b. 1890 d. 1973) | cast, sanger |
| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix [Jakob Ludwig Felix] (b. 1809) | composer, compositore |
| Metternich, Pauline (b. 1836 d. 1921 a. 1877) |
| Meyerbeer, Giacomo (b. 1791) | composer, compositore |
| Meysenburg, Malwida (b. 1816 d. 1903) | writer, feminist |
| Minton, Yvonne Fay (b. 1938) | mezzo-soprano, Sanger |
| Modl, Martha (b. 1912) | interprete, Sanger |
| Moore, George Augustus (b. 1852 d. 1933) | novelist, dramatist |
| Mottl, Felix (Josef) (b. 1856 d. 1911) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Muchanoff, Marie (b. 1822 d. 1874) | piano |
| Muller, Maria (b. 1898 d. 1958) | chanteuse, interprete |
| Neidlinger, Gustav (b. 1912 d. 1991) | baritone, bass-baritone |
| Neumann, Angelo Joseph (b. 1838 d. 1910) | impresario, theater director |
| Newman, Ernest (b. 1868 d. 1959) | writer on music |
| Niemann, Albert (b. 1831 d. 1917) | Sanger, tenor |
| Nietzsche, Friedrich (Wilhelm) (b. 1844 d. 1900) | philosopher |
| Nikisch, Arthur (b. 1855 d. 1922) | conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
| Nilsson, Birgit [Marta Birgit] (b. 1918) | interprete, Sanger |
| Nissen, Hans Hermann (b. 1893 d. 1980) | bass-baritone, Sanger |
| Nordica, Lillian (b. 1857 d. 1914) | chanteuse, soprano |
| Ohms, Elisabeth (b. 1888 d. 1974) | soprano |
| Onegin, Sigrid [Elisabeth Elfriede Emilie Sigrid] (b. 1889 d. 1943) | contralto, Soloist: Gesang |
| Pecht, August Friedrich (b. 1814 d. 1903) | Kunstschriftsteller, Maler |
| Plaschke, Friedrich (b. 1875 d. 1951) | baritone, bass-baritone |
| Praeger, Ferdinand (Christian Wilhelm) (b. 1815 d. 1891) | composer, piano |
| Pringle, Carrie | singer |
| Prohaska, Jaro [Jaroslav] (b. 1891 d. 1965) | baritone, bass-baritone |
| Proust, Marcel (b. 1871 d. 1922) | novelist |
| Puccini, Giacomo (b. 1858) | author, composer |
| Pusinelli, Anton (b. 1815 d. 1878) | friend of Wagner's |
| Rackham, Arthur (b. 1867 d. 1939) | illustrator |
| Reichmann, Theodor (b. 1849 d. 1903) | baritone, Sanger |
| Remedios, Alberto (b. 1935) | tenor, vocals |
| Renoir, Pierre August (b. 1841 d. 1919) | painter |
| Rethberg, Elisabeth (b. 1894 d. 1976) | chanteur, Sanger |
| Richter, Hans (b. 1843 d. 1916) | conductor, direttore |
| Ridderbusch, Karl (b. 1932) | bass |
| Ritter, Franziska (b. 1829 d. 1895) | Wagner's niece |
| Rockel, August (b. 1814 d. 1876) | conductor, composer |
| Rode, Wilhelm (b. 1887 d. 1959) | baritone |
| Rosvaenge, Helge (b. 1897 d. 1972) | sanger, tenor |
| Rubinstein, Anton (Grigoryevich) (b. 1829 d. 1894) | compositore, Dirigent |
| Rubinstein, Joseph (b. 1847 d. 1884) | piano |
| Russell, Anna (b. 1911) | contralto, comedienne |
| Rysanek, Leonie (b. 1926) | soprano, vocals |
| Sachs, Hans (b. 1494 d. 1576) | poet |
| Saint-Saens, Camille [Charles Camille] (b. 1835) | composer, compositore |
| Saltzmann-Stevens, Minnie (b. 1874 d. 1950) | contralto, soprano |
| Scaria, Emil (b. 1838 d. 1886) | bass, Sanger |
| Scheidemantel, Karl (b. 1859 d. 1923) | baritone, Sanger |
| Schleinitz, Marie (b. 1842 d. 1912) |
| Schmedes, Erik (b. 1866) | Barytonsanger, Sanger |
| Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Ludwig (b. 1836 d. 1865) | tenor |
| Schoenberg, Arnold (Franz Walter) (b. 1874 d. 1951) | composer |
| Schoffler, Paul (b. 1897 d. 1977) | bass-baritone, bass |
| Schopenhauer, Arthur (b. 1788 d. 1860) | philosopher |
| Schorr, Friedrich (b. 1888 d. 1953) | baritone, bass-baritone |
| Schroder-Devrient, Wilhelmine (b. 1804 d. 1860) | sangerinde, Soloist: Gesang |
| Schumann, Robert (Alexander) (b. 1810 d. 1856) | composer |
| Schumann-Heink, Ernestine (b. 1861) | cast, contralto |
| Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth [Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike (b. 1915) | cantante, interprete |
| Scribe, Eugene [Augustin Eugene] (b. 1791 d. 1861) | bass guitar, dramatist |
| Seidl, Anton (b. 1850 d. 1898) | conductor, Kapellmeister |
| Semper, Gottfried (b. 1803 d. 1879) | architect |
| Shakespeare, William (b. 1564 d. 1616) | author, lyricist |
| Shaw, George Bernard (b. 1856 d. 1950) | author, dramatist |
| Sibelius, Jean (Julius Christian) (b. 1865) | composer, compositore |
| Slezak, Leo (b. 1873 d. 1946) | Sanger, tenor |
| Solti, Georg [Gyorgy] (b. 1912) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Spohr, Louis (b. 1784 d. 1859) | composer, violin |
| Spontini, Gasparo (Luigi Pacifico) (b. 1774 d. 1851 a. 1820-1842) | opera composer, conductor |
| Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeyevich (b. 1863 d. 1938) | theater director, opera director |
| Stein, Heinrich (b. 1857 d. 1887) | philosopher, writer |
| Stewart, Thomas (James) (b. 1928) | baritone, baritono |
| Strauss, Johann (Baptist) (b. 1804 d. 1849) | composer, conductor |
| Stravinsky, Igor (Fyodorovich) (b. 1882 d. 1971) | composer, compositore |
| Sucher, Rosa (b. 1849 d. 1927) | Sanger, soprano |
| Sulzer, Johann Jakob (b. 1821 d. 1897) | politician |
| Talvela, Marti (Olavi) (b. 1935 d. 1989) | bass, Sanger |
| Tausig, Carl (d. 1871) | compositore, piano |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (b. 1840 d. 1893) | composer |
| Ternina, Milka (b. 1863 d. 1941) | Sanger, soprano |
| Thomas, Jess (Floyd) (b. 1927) | tenor |
| Thorborg, Kerstin (b. 1896 d. 1970) | mezzo-soprano, Sanger |
| Tichatschek, Joseph (Aloys) (b. 1807 d. 1886) | tenor |
| Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich (b. 1828 d. 1910) | novelist, dramatist |
| Toscanini, Arturo (b. 1867 d. 1957) | cello, chef d'orchestre |
| Traubel, Helen (b. 1898 d. 1972) | cast, soprano |
| Twain, Mark (b. 1835 d. 1910) | author, librettist |
| Uhlig, Theodore (b. 1822 d. 1853) | violin, theorist |
| Unger, Georg (b. 1837 d. 1887) | interprete, tenor |
| Urlus, Jacques (b. 1867 d. 1935) | sanger, tenor |
| Van Dyck, Ernest (Marie Hubert) (b. 1861 d. 1923) | tenor |
| Varnay, Astrid (Ibolyka Maria) (b. 1918) | soprano, vocals |
| Veasey, Josephine (b. 1930) | mezzo-soprano, Sanger |
| Verlaine, Paul (b. 1844 d. 1896) | poet |
| Vianesi, Auguste Charles Leonard Francois (b. 1837 d. 1908) | cantante, chef d'orchestre |
| Vickers, Jon [Jonathan Stewart] (b. 1926) | tenor |
| Victoria, Queen of England (b. 1819 d. 1901) |
| Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Mathias-Philippe-Auguste (b. 1838 d. 1889) | composer |
| Vinay, Ramon (b. 1912) | baritone, cast |
| Volker, Franz Friedrich (b. 1899 d. 1965) | interprete, Sanger |
| Wachter, Eberhard (b. 1929 d. 1992) | baritone, Sanger |
| Wagner, Adolf (b. 1774 d. 1835) | writer |
| Wagner, Adrian | rock musician, composer |
| Wagner, Albert (b. 1799 d. 1874) | singer, actor |
| Wagner, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm (b. 1770 d. 1813) | father of Richard Wagner |
| Wagner, Cosima [Francesca Gaetana Cosima] (b. 1837 d. 1930) | Wagner's second wife |
| Wagner, Eva (b. 1867 d. 1942) | composer |
| Wagner, Isolde [Loldi] [Loldchen] (b. 1865 d. 1919) | Wagner's daughter |
| Wagner, Johanna (b. 1826 d. 1894) | chanteuse, soprano |
| Wagner, Johanna Rosine (b. 1774 d. 1848) | mother of Richard Wagner |
| Wagner, Julius (b. 1804 d. 1862) | goldsmith |
| Wagner, Luise (b. 1805 d. 1872) | Wagner's sister |
| Wagner, Minna Christine Wilhelmine (b. 1809 d. 1866) | actress |
| Wagner, Ottilie (b. 1811 d. 1883) | Wagner's sister |
| Wagner, Richard [Wilhelm Richard] (b. 1813 d. 1883) | composer |
| Wagner, Rosalie (b. 1803 d. 1837) | Wagner's ~, assister |
| Wagner, Siegfried (Helferich Richard) (b. 1869 d. 1930) | composer, compositore |
| Wagner, Wieland (Adolf Gottfried) (b. 1917 d. 1966) | instruktor, producer |
| Wagner, Winifred Marjorie (b. 1897 d. 1980) |
| Wagner, Wolfgang (Manfred Martin) (b. 1919) | bozzettista, producer |
| Walker, Edyth (b. >1867 d. 1950) | contralto, mezzo-soprano |
| Walther von der Vogelweide (b. 1170 d. 1230) | Minnesinger |
| Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) (b. 1786) | composer, compositore |
| Weber, Ludwig (b. 1899 d. 1974) | bass, Sanger |
| Weingartner, Felix (b. 1863 d. 1942) | chef d'orchestre, compositore |
| Weinlig, Christian Theodor (b. 1780 d. 1842) | Kantor, organ |
| Weissheimer, Wendelin (b. 1838 d. 1910) | conductor, composer |
| Wesendonk, Mathilde [Agnes] (b. 1828 d. 1902) | poet |
| Wesendonk, Otto (b. 1815 d. 1896) |
| Whitehill, Clarence (Eugene) (b. 1871 d. 1932) | baritone, bass-baritone |
| Wilde, Oscar (b. 1856 d. 1900) | author, composer |
| Wille, Eliza [Gundeline Elisabeth] (b. 1809 d. 1893) | writer |
| Windgassen, Wolfgang (b. 1914 d. 1974) | interprete, regista |
| Winkelmann, Hermann (b. 1849 d. 1912) | Sanger, tenor |
| Wittgenstein, (Carolyne) (b. 1819 d. 1887) | patron of Wagner |
| Wittich, Marie (b. 1868 d. 1931) | soprano |
| Wolf, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) (b. 1860) | composer, musicisti |
| Wolff, Fritz (b. 1894 d. 1957) | Sanger, tenor |
| Wolfram, Clara (b. 1807 d. 1875) | singer |
| Wolfram von Eschenbach (b. 1170 d. 1220 a. 1170-1220) | poet |
| Wolzogen, Hans (Paul) (b. 1848 d. 1938) | writer on music, librettist |
| Zumpe, Herman (b. 1850 d. 1903) | conductor, composer |