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Music Appreciation
Wagner and the Romantic Movement
Wagner's life and career
Wagner's life and career
Schwanstein photo courtesy of Ellen Congleton
Neuschwanstein photo courtesy of Ellen Congleton
The "Complete Work of Art"
Wagner believed that art and opera must be more than a diversionHis idea is called GesamtkunstwerkTotally revolutionized Harmony by completely avoiding resolution with known, stable chordsOrchestra is important nowConstructed scores with a symphonic sound in mindThe singing becomes an instrument in the overall effectExpanded the size of the orchestraInvented new instruments (the Wagner tuba)
The Wagner Tuba
A relative of the horn, it was invented in the late 1800's to meet the specifications of the composer Richard WagnerHe 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 tromboneIt is usually played with a French horn mouthpiece by a horn playerBecause of its brash tone quality, it is the perfect sound for depicting the bad guys in Wagner operas
Besides the operas,
Parents:Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner (1770-1813), Richard's real father was probably Ludwig GeyerJohanne Pätz (1774-1848)First Wife:Minna Planer (1809-1865), no childrenSecond Wife:Cosima von Bülow (1837-1930, the daughter of Franz Liszt), two children with Hans von Bülow and three children with Richard WagnerChildren:Isolde (1865-1919), married to Franz BeidlerEva (1867-1942), married to Houston Stewart ChamberlainSiegfried (1869-1930), married to Winifred Williams Klindworth (1897-1980)
Festspielhaus photo courtesy of Ellen Congleton
Bayreuth
Tristan Chord
RICHARD WAGNER(1813 - 1883)The Ring
der Ring des Nibelungen
Nibelungenlied  is a Medieval German legendThe Ring of the NibelungDas Rheingold  (The Rhine Gold)Die Walkure  (The Valkyrie)Siegfried  (Siegfried)Gotterdammerung  (The Twilight of the Gods)
der Ring des Nibelungen
3 NornsErdaRhinemaidens (guarding the gold in the Rhine)Walkures (Brunhilde et al)Giants (Fasolt & Fafner)Wotan (ruler of the gods who lives in Walhalla)Fricka & FreiaLogeWalsungs (Siegmund and Sieglinde = Siegfried)HundingNibelungs (Alberich & Mime) Gibichungs (Gunther, Getrune & Hagen)
Richard Wagner
GesamtkunstwerkBayreuthEndless melodyLeitmotifsChromatic harmony
Star Wars and The Ring
Star WarsConceived 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 IIIA gallery of aliensCult Following.
The RingFour 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, dwarvesCult Following
Star Wars v/s The Ring
Lucas 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.
Star Wars v/s The Ring
The 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 = SwordLuke Skywalker = Siegfried Luke & Leia = Siegmund & SieglindeThe Death Star = The RingStar Wars = symphonic film
The 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 sabreSiegfried = Luke SkywalkerSiegmund & Sieglinde = Luke & LeiaThe Ring = The Death StarDer Ring des Nibelungen = symphonic opera
Wagner Quiz 
1. 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 - BerliozB - SchubertC - WagnerD - Schumann
Wagner Quiz 
Wagner Quiz 
3. Wagner called his operas:A - tone poemsB - music dramasC - oratoriosD - operettas
Wagner Quiz 
Wagner Quiz 
5.     A - LohengrinB - Tristan and IsoldeC - The Ring of the NibelungD - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
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