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Mu 160 S.7

Mu 160 S.7

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Music Dramas, Universal Art Work and Changes

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Libretto

Libro – (Book)

Extended musical work such as an

opera, operetta, masque, cantata,
oratorio

Based on medieval Germanic legends

and myths

His characters are usually larger than

Life : heroes, gods, demigods

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Gesamtkunstwerk
and Wagner’s Music

Total Musical works : Universal Art Works –

the work that consists all the arts – music,
drama, dance, painting

unending melody
The Bayreuth theater” – specifically for

presenting Wagner’s colossal production

Exploit the rich power of Brasses (added

Wagner tubas)

Full sound powerfully voices : Wagnerian

soprano, Heroic tenor

Realism

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

The Ring of the Nibelung
Wagner’s gigantic cycle
Based on Nordic mythology : gods, giants,

dwarfs and magic

Truly Wagner’s view of 19thsociety
First sketched the plot in 1848
Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)

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Leitmotifs – Leading motive

a short musical idea associated with a

person, an object, or a thought in the
drama

More than spoken languages – but in an

emotional and psychological level

Tristan Chord – yearning theme

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Tristan Und Isolde

Based on a medieval legends

Tristan and Isolde are love, final union in

death

Prelude introduces the main leimotiv of

the work : giving a strong sence of
yearning

Tristan Chord – F, B, D# and G#

dissonant and unfucntional chord

Starting point to “Tonality Breakdown”

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Tristan Chord
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=twpGOE44K0Q

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