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content: Music AppreciationWho said “At one time they tried to make music give people pleasure - now they torture and tire them”?Tchaikovsky said this after hearing Wagner's Ring at Bayreuth in 1876- BBC Music, December, 2002

content: Music AppreciationWho said “At one time they tried to make music give people pleasure - now they torture and tire them”?Tchaikovsky said this after hearing Wagner's Ring at Bayreuth in 1876- BBC Music, December, 2002

content: Wagner and the Romantic MovementRomantic movement is expressed best by Wagner's musicMusic DramasPracticed what he preachedSaw himself as a heroEverything he conceived was larger than lifeLived extravagantlyMade many enemiesOne of the most innovative artists of the eraOne of the most brilliant and original musicians of the time

content: Wagner's life and careerb. 1813 in LeipzigLittle formal musical trainingWrote he words and the music for his operasFirst opera, "Die Feen", composed at age 20Worked as a conductor with a traveling opera troopMarried Minna, an actressParis - piano and band arrangements of popular operatic tunes by other composersSpent time in debtor's prisonFirst masterpiece, "The Flying Dutchman", was produced in 1843Moved to Dresden where the “Dutchman” was produced and where he composed "Tannhauser" and "Lohengrin"

content: Wagner's life and careerLeft Dresden for Switzerland where he lived in exileSketched out a cycle of 4 operas, "The Ring of the Nibeling"His wife leaves himFalls in love with Mathilde Wesendonck1856-1859 he composes "Tristan"Moves to Vienna in 1860Flees in 1864 due to debtLudwig II offers him moneyWagner's spending bankrupt the country; Ludwig forced to exile the composerBecomes romantically involved with Cosima von Bulow (Liszt's daughter)Begins building a festival theater in Bayreuth - first production in 1882 with the "Ring" cycleComposed his final opera, "Parsifal"Died in Venice, 1882

content: Schwanstein photo courtesy of Ellen Congleton

content: Neuschwanstein photo courtesy of Ellen Congleton

content: The "Complete Work of Art"Wagner believed that art and opera must be more than a diversionHis idea is called GesamtkunstwerkTotally revolutionized Harmony by completely avoiding resolution with known, stable chordsOrchestra is important nowConstructed scores with a symphonic sound in mindThe singing becomes an instrument in the overall effectExpanded the size of the orchestraInvented new instruments (the Wagner tuba)

content: The Wagner TubaA relative of the horn, it was invented in the late 1800's to meet the specifications of the composer Richard WagnerHe wanted an instrument that would add depth to the brass section and provide a tonal color that would bridge the colors of the horn and the tromboneIt is usually played with a French horn mouthpiece by a horn playerBecause of its brash tone quality, it is the perfect sound for depicting the bad guys in Wagner operas

content: Besides the operas,Wagner regarded himself as "the most German of men” and "the German spirit"He composed 13 operas and numerous other compositionsHe has been classified as an anarchist, a socialist, a proto-fascist, a nationalist, a vegetarian and an anti-Semite.His name appeared in connection with almost all major trends in German history of the 19th and 20th centuries!He wrote books and articles and around 10,000 letters

content: Wagner's Family TreeParents:Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner (1770-1813), Richard's real father was probably Ludwig GeyerJohanne Pätz (1774-1848)First Wife:Minna Planer (1809-1865), no childrenSecond Wife:Cosima von Bülow (1837-1930, the daughter of Franz Liszt), two children with Hans von Bülow and three children with Richard WagnerChildren:Isolde (1865-1919), married to Franz BeidlerEva (1867-1942), married to Houston Stewart ChamberlainSiegfried (1869-1930), married to Winifred Williams Klindworth (1897-1980)

content: Festspielhaus photo courtesy of Ellen Congleton

content: Outside Wagner's Home photo courtesy of Ellen Congleton

content: BayreuthWagner's idea was to create a "mystical abyss" separating the real world (the viewers) from the ideal world (the singers on the stage)The inaugural festival in Bayreuth was attended by Kaiser Wilhelm of Prussia, King Ludwig of Bavaria (who insisted on secrecy and did not want to be seen by either his fellow royals or the people), Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil, the rulers of various German principalities, nobility from all over Germany and Austria-Hungary, musicians such as Anton Bruckner, Edvard Grieg, Peter Tchaikovsky, Camille Saint-Saëns, Franz Liszt

content: Tristan Chord

content: RICHARD WAGNER(1813 - 1883)The Ring

content: der Ring des NibelungenNibelungenlied is a Medieval German legendThe Ring of the NibelungDas Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)Die Walkure (The Valkyrie)Siegfried (Siegfried)Gotterdammerung (The Twilight of the Gods)

content: der Ring des Nibelungen3 NornsErdaRhinemaidens (guarding the gold in the Rhine)Walkures (Brunhilde et al)Giants (Fasolt & Fafner)Wotan (ruler of the gods who lives in Walhalla)Fricka & FreiaLogeWalsungs (Siegmund and Sieglinde = Siegfried)HundingNibelungs (Alberich & Mime)Gibichungs (Gunther, Getrune & Hagen)

content: Richard WagnerGesamtkunstwerkBayreuthEndless melodyLeitmotifsChromatic harmony

content: Star Wars and The RingStar WarsConceived as a series of nine films it was soon realized as a trilogy, and is in the process of becoming a hexalogy (six films).The film trilogy was initiated with Episodes IV , V and VI.Lucas then worked backwards with Episode I, more than two decades later, and is now working forwards with Episodes II and IIIA gallery of aliensCult Following.The RingFour great (and long) operas, thematically connected and conceived as a single work - encompassing 15 to 16 hours of music and action. This huge project was realised after years of planning and work.The opera tetralogy began with the text for Götterdämmerung. Then Wagner worked himself backwards with the texts, and then forwards with the music until it was completed more than two decades later.A gallery of gods, dwarvesCult Following

content: Star Wars v/s The RingLucas creates his own film studio, his own company for creation of new and revolutionary visual effects (Industrial Light & Magic, founded in 1975) and his own standards for sound and image (THX).In Star Wars Lucas uses newly developed computer techniques to create special visual and audio effects. Star Wars was the first film with a world-wide distribution to use the new Dolby stereo-optical sound system, a system which later has made possible the many surround systems.Wagner creates his own theater (the Feststpielhaus in Bayreuth) in order to realize his ideals concerning the visual and audio effects.The Festspielhaus in Bayreuth is built to present the Ring in the best possible way. Wagner hides the orchestra to create a new "sound" and a better balance between singers and orchestra. By hiding the orchestra and by turning out the lights in the theater, Wagner also ensured a much better visual illusion than what was previously possible. He also introduced a whole range of new sound effects, from hidden bells to the construction of new horns (the Wagner tuba), from the balancing of voice and orchestra to the special architecture of the hall. The hidden orchestra and the wooden construction turned the hall into a huge musical instrument with the audience inside. Bayreuth was the first, and is still the only place to do this.

content: Star Wars v/s The RingThe Star Wars is a simple tale of good and evil, of love and power. It makes you want to be a better person.Light sabre = SwordLuke Skywalker = SiegfriedLuke & Leia = Siegmund & SieglindeThe Death Star = The RingStar Wars = symphonic filmThe Ring is a complex tale of good and evil, of love and power. It also makes you want to be a better person.Sword = Light sabreSiegfried = Luke SkywalkerSiegmund & Sieglinde = Luke & LeiaThe Ring = The Death StarDer Ring des Nibelungen = symphonic opera

content: Wagner Quiz1. Which composer has been considered to be the single most important phenomenon in the artistic life of the latter half of the nineteenth century?A - BerliozB - SchubertC - WagnerD - Schumann

content: Wagner Quiz2. Wagner's cycle of four music dramas is called:A - LohengrinB - Tristan and IsoldeC - The Ring of the NibelungD - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

content: Wagner Quiz3. Wagner called his operas:A - tone poemsB - music dramasC - oratoriosD - operettas

content: Wagner Quiz4. The principal themes in Wagner's operas, which recur throughout a work and carry specific meanings, are called:A - librettiB - leitmotifsC - motivesD - fixed ideas

content: Wagner Quiz5. A - LohengrinB - Tristan and IsoldeC - The Ring of the NibelungD - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg