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Wagner

Other forms: Wagners

Definitions of Wagner
  1. noun
    German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)
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    example of:
    composer
    someone who composes music as a profession
  2. noun
    the music of Wagner
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    type of:
    music
    an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
  3. noun
    Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918)
    synonyms: Otto Wagner
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    example of:
    architect, designer
    someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
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