Richard Wagner Music Analysis

Richard Wagner 's many operas have directly impacted the growth of German society and the expansion of music history. Wagner influenced the course of music history with his operas or “total works of art” (Deathridge and Dahlaus 95). His operas consist of a fusion of original libretto, poetry, visual, musical and dramatic arts. These massively staged spectacles influenced German society in many ways. Wagner was very proud to be German. His goal in writing his operas was not just to create art, but

change in the volume of the performers. This structure supported the physically at times with them moving across the plank and at other times the performers were flown around the set using as an interactive art piece. This video was also paired with music from the opera changing with the scenes to showcase the opera score’s relationship with the set piece itself. Another element of the production design in the video was the use of theatrical lighting. The idea of creating silhouettes and other shadows

tradition1 and a pioneer of romantic self-expression, has secured his status as one of the most revered composers in the history of Western music. Throughout his symphonic cycle, Beethoven’s own journey of self-discovery can be very clearly heard. The Third, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth symphonies were particularly pioneering; they used new ideas such as programme music, orchestral and symphonic expansion and the prolongation of dissonance, inspiring a new generation of romantic symphonists. However, there

about different periods in music without any idea how they differ, or how they are similar. This essay aims at showing the differences and similarities between the Classical and the Romantic Periods concerning musical composition, style structure, and content. An unknown author of Music of Yesterday points out a clear understanding of the classical and the romantic periods. He or she argues that "the term ‘classic,' more commonly, ‘classical,' is used to identify music written in a particular style

Thematic Analysis of “The Moving House” The time period following World War II was filled with tension, bitterness, and hate. Most of these negative emotions were directed towards the Germans. Though the Jewish population was the Nazi’s main target, other groups were hurt in the crossfire of the war. Specifically, Poland was invaded and split in half; half of the country was ruled by the Soviets and half by the Germans. This left many of the Polish bitter and filled with animosity towards the Germans

In 1894, a young, quietly colorful Charles Ives enters Yale University. He enters with a strong musical foundation provided by his father and community and a vision of what he thinks music can be. Horatio Parker, Ives’s composition professor unashamedly informs Ives that his vision of music seems blurry, perhaps even nauseating, to the astute, cultured musician. Ives quickly develops anger towards Parker’s traditional tutelage and rarely recognizes the positive effects Parker has on his compositions

multidisciplinary art form of Experimental Music Theatre is relatively new in the art world. It encompasses a wide range of musical and theatrical forms and styles and is often presented in unconventional venues. Similar to Wagner’s notion of Gesamtkunstwerk, Experimental Music Theatre seeks to integrate all the arts to create one complete art form. For Wagner, this ideal materialized in his Operas, which he labelled music dramas. However, in contrast to Wagner’s dramas, where music, voice, poesy, painting, lighting

Sigumand Freud and Nietzsche: Personalities and The Mind There were two great minds in this century. One such mind was that of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). In the year 1923 he created a new view of the mind. That view encompassed the idea we have split personalities and that each one have their own realm, their own tastes, their own principles upon which they are guided. He called these different personalities the id, ego, and super ego. Each of them are alive and well inside each of our unconscious

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma only seven years after it had actually became a state. After completing the lengthy research of this man and his works I found that Ellison once had considered becoming a classical music composer after getting the idea from a nineteenth century opera composer named Richard Wagner. The reading of “Battle Royal" from “Literature An Introduction to reading and writing” by Edgar V. Roberts and Robert Zweig Tenth Edition was actually the first chapter of Ellison’s novel

enabled him, undistracted by the army of gossipers who in all walks of life gather round the success-seekers, to develop, to grow, to mature, to live his works and to create, as Schubert created his songs, Bruckner his symphonies and Masses, and Wagner his music dramas” (Grange). However, Leonard Bernstein sometimes felt (according to PBS ' American Masters video on Bernstein) like he had become Mahler in his performances. Gustav Mahler has become an iconic figure in the eyes of other conductors/composers