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Sometimes the touching music of Richard Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll" is played by a fuller ensemble than Wagner had in mind when he wrote this music as a Christmas gift for his wife in 1870. Members of ...

Wagner's Christmas giftThe Chicago Chamber Musicians, from a concert at DePaul University, play the "Siegfried Idyll" by Wagner. This work was Wagner's Christmas gift to his wife on Christmas Day in ...

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