The german composer Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883. Richard Wagner bust by Gustav Adolph Kietz from 1874. Gustav Adolph Kietz born 26 March 1824 in Leipzig, died 24 June 1908 in Dresden-Laubegast was a German sculptor. The bust was acquired by the Oberpfrankenstiftung Bayreuth and provided to the Richard Wagner Museum Bayreuth as a permanent loan. Bayreuth is a town in upper Franconia, northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. Bayreuth is famous because of the performances of operas by the 19th century German composer Richard Wagner.
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