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Portrait by Franz von Lenbach, 1879 (Source: Wikimedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosima_Wagner_Lenbach_(crop).jpg

Basic data

  1. Liszt, Cosima Birth Name
  2. Bülow, Cosima von Married Name
  3. December 24, 1837 in Bellagio am Comer See
  4. †
    April 1, 1930 in Bayreuth
  5. Musikerin
  6. München, Bayreuth

Iconography

Portrait by Franz von Lenbach, 1879 (Source: Wikimedia)
Franz Liszt, depicted at the time of his affair with Marie d'Agoult (Source: Wikimedia)
Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, seen here with her daughter Marie, exerted a powerful influence on Cosima's upbringing (Source: Wikimedia)
Hans von Bülow, photographed in middle age (Source: Wikimedia)
A portrait of Richard Wagner, around 1860. By 1863 he and Cosima were firmly committed to each other. (Source: Wikimedia)
Ludwig II of Bavaria, Wagner's financial rescuer and sponsor for many years (Source: Wikimedia)
The Villa Tribschen, Wagner's home in Switzerland between 1866 and 1872 (Source: Wikimedia)
Richard and Cosima Wagner, photographed in 1872 (Source: Wikimedia)
The Bayreuth Festspielhaus, as it appeared in the late 19th century (Source: Wikimedia)
The Wagner family and guests, depicted at the first Bayreuth Festival. Cosima, her arm around Siegfried, is in the left foreground. Wagner is in the rear towards the left; Liszt, centre-right, is at the piano. (Source: Wikimedia)
Hermann Levi, who conducted the first performances of Parsifal (Source: Wikimedia)
Palazzo Vendramin Calergi, Venice, where Wagner died on 13 February 1883 (Source: Wikimedia)
Wahnfried, where Cosima remained in seclusion in the months following Wagner's death (Source: Wikimedia)
Siegfried Wagner, Cosima's son and eventual successor as festival director, made his Bayreuth conducting debut in 1896 (Source: Wikimedia)
A caricature of Wagner, towards the end of her time in charge at Bayreuth (Source: Wikimedia)
Cosima and Siegfried Wagner, c. 1929 (Source: Wikimedia)
The Wagner grave in the Wahnfried garden, where in 1977 Cosima's ashes were placed alongside Wagner's body (Source: Wikimedia)

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Biographical information from the WeGA

Nichteheliche Tochter von Franz Liszt und Gräfin Marie d’Agoult; heiratete 1857 Hans von Bülow und 1870 in 2. Ehe Richard Wagner.

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