142 years ago today, on February 13, 1883 (January 6, 1883 in the lunar calendar), the German composer Wagner passed away. Wagner is like Wagner. His stage works of music and drama are of extremely far-reaching significance, characterized by being created by himself (including plot, characters, lyrics, expression methods and music). He was never interested in the musical form itself, only as an emotional and psychological expression. He used hypnotic music to express the naked nature of mankind-especially aggression and lust-suppressed by civilization. His art became a subject of debate, and he completely reformed the techniques of composition, which had a decisive influence on the development of music as an art and led to the formation of expressionist music. Wagner was born in Leipzig on May 22, 1813. I have loved the music of Beethoven, Mozart and Weber since childhood, and taught myself piano and composition. At the same time, he was also influenced by the dramas of Shakespeare, Goethe, and Schiller. When he was 15 years old, he wrote a five-act poetic tragedy. In his later years, he was influenced by philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and even Freud. In the summer of 1833, he served as an opera conductor in Würzburg and began to compose opera. In 1840, he wrote "Le Enzi", and in 1841 he wrote his first opera masterpiece "The Drifting Dutchman". In 1843, he was appointed conductor of the Dresden Court Opera. In 1845, he performed "Tanghuser", which he wrote based on German legend. After 1849, he lived in exile abroad for 15 years. In 1875, he completed all the writing of The Ring and staged it in August 1876 at the newly completed Bayreuth Theatre, which was a great success. His famous works include "Rohenglin","Tristan and Isolde","The Famous Singer of Nuremberg" and so on. His books include On German Music, Art and Revolution, Future Works of Art, Opera and Drama, etc. He died on February 13, 1883.