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Wagner, Richard
1813-1883
(b Leipzig, 22 May 1813; d Venice, 13 Feb 1883). German
Die Meistersinger, WWV 96: Prelude, Act 1 <1861–1862>
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In the opera, the prelude segues into Act I. The concert ending, penciled into the composer's autograph and reproduced in all modern editions of this prelude, is sometimes adapted to resemble the end of the opera.