MUSIC 2F03 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Kinetoscope, Musical Ensemble, Critical Role

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Music for film & television test 1 textbook notes: page 4 6: wagner"s gesamtkunstwerk & wagner as auteur. Revolutionary concept of the total artwork, called gesamtkunstwerk. He argued the individual arts could not achieve their highest level of. Perfection by themselves and suggested that drama was the unifying. Artform (cid:862)the highest (cid:272)o(cid:374)joi(cid:374)t (cid:449)ork of art is the dra(cid:373)a(cid:863) In his music dramas, he bring together the finest elements of all the arts. Brilliant philosophy and literature in the libretto. Stunning visual elements in the scenery, costumes, and lighting. The best of performing arts in the acting and music. He created some of the most celebrated works in the history of western arts. In general, the arts can be divided into 2 basic types: visual and temporal. Referred to as the spatial arts, occupy space and can theoretically be seen in their entirety in a given moment. Occupy time and can be perceived only as they unfold in time.