Richard Wagner Research Paper

In Weimar, he assumed the post of organist and concertmaster in the chapel. He remained in Weimar for nine years, and there he composed his first wave of major works, including organ showpieces and cantatas.<br><br>By this stage in his life, Bach had developed a reputation as a brilliant, yet inflexible, musical talent. His qualities on the organ was unequaled in Europe, in fact, he toured regularly as a solo virtuoso. His growing mastery of compositional forms, like the fugue and the canon, was already attracting interest from the musical establishment - which, in his day, was the Lutheran church. But, like many people of great talent, he was never very good at playing the political game, and consequently suffered drawbacks in his career. He was passed over for a major position, which was Kapellmeister (Chorus Master) of Weimar, in 1716. Partly in reaction to this situation, he left Weimar the following year to take a job as court conductor in Anhalt-Cothen. There, he slowed his writings of church cantatas, and instead concentrated on instrumental music. His time Anhalt-Cothen in period produced, along with other masterpieces, the Brandenburg Concerti.<br><br>While at Cothen, Bach's wife, Maria Barbara, died. Bach remarried soon after to Anna Magdalena and went ahead with his work. He also went ahead in the baby making department, producing 13 children with his new wife - six of which survived

He developed the idea of Gesamtkunstwerk, or “total work of art”, which strived to bring music, poetry, visual and dramatic arts together. Wagner was a prolific writer as well as a composers. He made contribution to the practice of conducting as well.

Robert Ferdinand Wagner was born in Nastatten, Province Hessen- Nassau, Germany on June 8th of 1877(The Hundred Days 115). He “immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1885 and settled in New York City” (The Hundred Days 115). Wagner “graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1898 and from New York Law School in 1900; admitted to the bar in 1900” (The Hundred Days 115). Wagner didn’t continue with practicing law and decided to enter Democratic party politics instead (West’s Encyclopedia of American Law). In 1904 he won seat in the state legislator and then in 1908 he was elected to the New York State Senate (West’s Encyclopedia of American Law). Per West’s Encyclopedia of American law, Wagner “established himself as

During Hitler’s teenage years while on a trip to Lintz, Austria in 1901, the young Adolf first came into contact with the works of the mesmerizing Wagner(CITATION). The story claims that after searching for hours for a ticket to the opera, Hitler managed to get his hands on one and once inside the doors history was made. Adolph had stumbled into an opera that was the work of none other than the Anti-Semitic Richard Wagner. He was entirely mesmerized by Wagner’s Tristan and even praised the opera in a letter to one of his school mates describing the opera as “powerful waves of sound”. Later on Hitler was rumored to have carried Wagner’s music around in his knapsack throughout his rise to power in

In the years 1842 and 1843 Verdi composed two new four-part operas called Nabucco and I Lombaradi. These two operas gave him a great amount of success and fortune in his musical career. Throughout the rest of the 1840, ’50, ’60 and even the 1870’s Verdi continued to be a very successful composer. He produced a great amount of work in these years.

He also had influences from folk music. He wrote piano and voice works from 144 German folk songs, and his lieder reflect folk theme. They also depict scenes of rural life. Brahms’ Hungarian dances were his compositions that brought him the most profit and most orchestrated versions of those works remain today.

Elgar soon traveled to Leipzig Germany and Paris France where he spent most of his time attending concerts. During his travels he became greatly influenced by Richard Wagner who was a famous composer of the time. This inspired Elgar to increase his following and to publish some of his pieces. He often found himself financially unable to accomplish this goal. At age 29 he met Caroline Alice Roberts who was the daughter of General Sir Henry Roberts. She began taking music lessons from him and they married 3 years later. Although she was 8 years older than Elgar, and her parents did not approve, she had faith in him and married below her “class”. With his wife’s support he kept pursuing his dreams of becoming a famous composer.

Interesting enough, he also produced his first operas: the German Singspiel. His famous work include The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Farago. He knew how to merge the traditionals and contemporary components to make his own particular style, which is characterized by a high level of formal train. His composition live from their melodic, musical and its dynamic

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was not a particularly well-known composer during his lifetime, however, that did not stop him from leaving his mark on the musical world. He radically redefined the role of composers in German lieder. Unlike his predecessors, Schubert believed that part of a composer’s job was to help the listener interpret the poem. He believed that part of his responsibility was to write the melody and the accompaniment in a way that helped to clarify the meaning of the poem and bring it to life for the listener. That being said, Schubert did not completely discard the work of others before him. Instead, he built on the foundation that they had laid, reflecting the work of previous composers in his music without limiting himself to simple imitation of their ideas. He expanded on their ideas and used them as a platform to express himself in new and distinct ways that were unfamiliar to the music world. His innovations inspired those who came after him not only in German lied but also in other song genres. One particular example of his ability can be seen in both the vocal lines as well as the accompaniment in his song cycle, Die Schöne Müllerin.

Gustav Mahler was born in Kalisce, Bohemia on July 7th 1860 to Bernhard and Marie Mahler. He was born into a modest home as his family was not of royal descent. After the Jewish Emancipation allowing Jewish people of Europe the freedom to move, his family moved to the nearby town of Iglau, halfway between Vienna and Prague. Here he grew up amongst band concerts and parades, both of which he was deeply connected to. At the age of four, he got an accordion and his family noted how quickly he could learn to play familiar songs. He began learning the piano at the age of six and by the time he was ten years old, he gave his first public recital. Gustav’s parents noted this talent and sent him to audition for a place at the Vienna Conservatory in 1875. After being accepted, he spent three years learning theory and composition before he left.

Gustav Holst was a famous 20th century composer. He composed a number of works with The Planets being the best known. His works were based on Romanticism while following the styles of Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky. Holst was shaped by his early life which translated into his works. The Planets success after World Wars I caused Holst to become a famous and well-known figure.

An interesting twist was that yes, Holst was influenced by Wagner, but it was an influence where Holst made sure he didn’t use anything Wagner was known for. Holst felt that Wagner and his musical ideas and compositional style was being used by other composers at the time but the writing had become the very thing Savatri was trying to get rid of. He felt Wagner’s style had come to represent Victorian and Imperialistic music. Which Holst was trying to portray as something Brittan needs to get rid

In 1832 he published his first composition which was a piano sonata and symphony that were influenced heavily by Beethoven (Bonds 464). However; in attempting to write these kinds of music he realized he loved theatre music (Bonds 463). Wagner spent a lot of time with the theatre he was able to see Geyer preform and see all the inner workings of the theatre (Jacobs 3). Through his experiences with the theatre he began to develop his own ideas of music. He only valued music for the operatic images that struck him (Jacobs 6). His image of music from the beginning seemed to be very narrow

As a leading composer of the romantic and early part of the modern era, German Richard Strauss is known for his highly dramatic and intense operas. Strauss’ work seems to be, along with Gustav Mahler, the ultimate representation and evolution of German Romanticism developed by Richard Wagner. Known for some unbelievable staggering orchestral music and lieder, Strauss’ operas included Der Rosenkavalier, Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Ariadne

Next he went to Eisenach where he first started as concertmaster and then became the Kapellmeister, he stayed here from 1708 to 1712. ("Georg Philipp Telemann.") By 1712, Telemann doesn’t want to work in courts anymore so he applies for and successfully receives the position as director of music in Frankfurt. ("Telemann, Georg Phillip.") In Frankfurt, Telemann was the director of music for two churches and was in charge of the official music for Frankfurt. As Telemann did before in Leipzig he restructures the student musical society here he also gave public concerts. During his time in Frankfurt, Telemann started creating music that would not only make him famous in Germany but also around the world. ("Georg Philipp Telemann.") In 1714, Telemann married the young daughter of the city clerk. They eventually had one daughter and eight sons. ("Telemann, Georg