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Wagner (COSIMA the widow of Richard)

COSIMA, the widow of Richard Wagner. She was born in 1841, the daughter of Liszt, the composer. She first married Hans von Bülow, a musician, and one of Richard Wagner's most intimate friends, but was divorced from Von Bülow in 1870 and married Wagner, whom she assisted greatly in his musical writing. Following his death she organized a small staff and maintained the Bayreuth Theater, where WAGNER WAGON festival performances were conducted at future. Meantime he may safely be regular intervals. She died in 1918.