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Wagner

- Background
o 1850 Ring cycle
o Ring cycle
Series of 4 operas
Story of needle men
Link one to another to another
Wagners Operas
- French too grandiose, Italian was going downhill
- Ill create German opera music drama (music had to enhance
drama)
- Called them unique and artworks of future
- Had to combine everything (spoken word)
- Writes librettos
- Version of opera is about drama, called everything a synthesis
- Gesamtkunstwerk what he brought to music
- Job of orchestra suggest deeper meanings of text and recall and
foretell action
- Poetry was to uplift the listener by creating subjects of
philosophical
- Lighting atmosphere and setting
- Singer actor to express everything (thought a tion meaning)
- All about psychological action in works (no works, breaks, arias
he called
- endless melody) flexible rhythms constantly changing
harmonies, everything is linked together by Leit motive like a
recurring theme
- Web of leit motives quite short, easily recognized, associated
with a person (hero) an event, an object, or an idea. (played a
significant moments)
- Give an under layer of meaning in the opera (secures unity)
- Number of leit motives (150ish)
- Highly recognized, wanted ppl to give him money
- Needed a theatre, so put add in paper (he could afford it)
Ring Cycle Background
- all about love and background
- story is about power in love
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R: Die Walkure
R: For 16 Ride of the Valkyries and Finale (wotans
lament (from Act 3)

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