MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: New German School, Norse Mythology, Franz Liszt
20 Feb 2018
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Richard wagner (1813-1883) figure in the history of german opera: a source of nationalistic fervor in his homeland, who strongly influenced several generations of. Franz liszt (1811-1886), advocated progressive innovations" in art music, taking as their models what they perceived as the revolutionary directions indicated by beethoven. Wagner and his followers were called the new german. During the 1840s, wagner"s early experiments combining elements of the german singspiel. For the new german school, musical conventions governing form and harmony were. The ring of the nibelung, often called simply the ring cycle. Die walk re (excerpt from act on exam #2. The characters and action in the ring cycle are drawn from norse mythology, but the libretto. Librettos were drawn from medieval german epics and. Norse mythology; the supernatural; glorified the german land and its people; intended to function as allegories that resonated deep within the psyche of the german volk (folk).
