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While Wagner is best known for his music, he also had a very large personal involvement in contemporary politics, including taking part in the May uprising in 1849 which OTL would lead to his exile from the Kingdom of Saxony.

However, what if he'd been killed in the fighting? As of this point we have Rienzi, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser and Lohrengrin, but not any of the Ring or his later works.

How would this effect the development of both classical music and, later, film music?
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