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German Opera. Background  No Established Tradition l Singspiel Only (French Opera)  Other Important Music Outlets l More open to Experimentation  Nationalism.

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1 German Opera

2 Background  No Established Tradition l Singspiel Only (French Opera)  Other Important Music Outlets l More open to Experimentation  Nationalism l Simple folk-like melodies  Plots from history, legend, or fairy tale l Village or Country Life  Supernatural l Conflict of Good and Evil  Deliverance from sin through suffering, conversion or revelation  Increasingly Chromatic Harmony  Importance of the Orchestra

3 Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)  Education l Michael Haydn  Three-Fold Career l Kapellmeister at 17 l Concert Pianist (1809-13) Composed Concert Works l Opera Director Prague 1813 Dresden 1817  Der Freischütz (1821) l Established German Romantic Opera  Systematic Use of Recurrent Themes l Leitmotif Coined by Weber’s biographer/cataloger F. W. Jähns

4 Richard Wagner (1813-1883)  Theatrical Interest by14  Private Music Lessons (Leipzig)  1833 Chorus Master  1834 Began Producing Operas  1836 Married Minna Planer  1839 Paris l Rienzi (1837-40) l The Flying Dutchman (1840-41)  1842 Dresden l Tannhäuser (1842-45) l Lohengrin (1845-48)  1849 Weimar/Zurich  Published Writer (1849-51) l Art and Revolution l The Artwork of the Future l Opera and Drama l Jewry in Music  Began work on the “Ring” l Tristan und Isolde (1857-59) l Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1861-67)  1866 Minna Dies l Cosima Liszt von Bülow  1871-76 Bayreuth l “Ring” Performed in entirety l Parsifal (1857-1882)

5 Contributions  The Verdi of Germany  Music only for Dramatic Expression  Music Drama l Gesamtkunstwerk Total, Complete, Joint Artwork Inner: Orchestra Outer: Sung Words l Leitmotif Association with a particular person, thing, emotion or idea Accumulates Significance l Infinite Melody  Dissolution of Tonality

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