Richard Wagner and 19th-c. Music Drama

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Richard Wagner and 19th-c. Music Drama Music as Religion: Richard Wagner and 19th-c. Music Drama

Richard Wagner: Love Him or Hate him??

Ecstactic, Transendent Experience sensual, mysterious, beyond words

I. Wagner’s Operas A. German Romantic Operas (=early) The Flying Dutchman Tannhaüser Lohengrin Musical Features/Differences from Italian Opera Emphasis on Solo Singing (few duets, trios, ensembles) Distinction between recitative and aria blurred Continuous dramatic flow rather than recit/aria alternation

I. Wagner’s Operas A. German Romantic Operas (=early) The Flying Dutchman Tannhaüser Lohengrin Musical Features/Differences from Italian Opera B. Music Dramas (=Wagner’s mature operas) The Ring of the Nibelung (“The Ring Cycle”) Das Rheingold Die Walküre Tristan und Isolde Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Siegfried Götterdämerung (The Twilight of the Gods) Parsifal C. Wagnerian Topics (told through myth): Greed vs. Compassion/Redeeming Power of Love/Heroism & Striving

II. Wagner’s Music Dramas: Buzzwords A. Leitmotif B. Infinite Melody C. Gesamtkunstwerk D. Wagnerian Harmony (e.g., “Tristan Chord”) E. The Wagnerian Orchestra F. Wagnerian Singers G. Wagner the Poet and Stabreim H. Wagnerian Characters

A. Leitmotifs Love-Death Transendent Bliss Ecstasy Desire III. “Liebestod”=Final Scene, Tristan und Isolde A. Leitmotifs Love-Death Transendent Bliss Ecstasy Desire

Riddle: What lasts 9 minutes? Begins tenderly? Contains a huge climax shortly before the end? Involves both a couple and heavy breathing? Ends in relaxed exhaustion?