Arts & Letters Flashcards
What is the name given to the German poet knights of the 12th and 13th centuries?
Minnesaenger
Faust’s antagonist
Mephisto
What language predominated the German people from 800-1050, the precursor to modern day German?
Old High German
Which German artist painted the original Washington crossing the Delaware?
Emauel Leutze
What was the official language used by officials and churches from 800-1050?
Latin
What period of German literature followed the Aufklaerung was was characterized by a love sentimentality, nature, and liberty? and who were its two most famous authors?
Sturm und Drang
Goethe and Schiller
During the epoch from 1050-1300, what was the predominant language among Germans?
Middle High German
Who developed the Volkswagen?
Ferdinand Porsche
What are the two most famous pieces of literature from the Middle High German epoch, preceding more modern German literature?
Das Nibelunglied and das Gudrunlied
What type of ideals first appeared in German literature in the peak of the Middle High German epoch, around the 12th and 13th century?
Knightly ideals/Chivalry
What major piece of literature came about during the Old High German period?
Hildebrandslied
Who wrote “Tristan und Isolde”?
Gottfried von Straßburgs
Who wrote “Parzifal”?
Wolfram von Eschenbachs
Who is the most famous poet of love songs, Minnelieder, in the Middle High German epoch?
Walthers von der Vogelweide
Which two famous authors belonged to the representatives of German mysticism?
Meister Eckhart and Thomas a Kempis
Who is famous for his collection of fables, one of which, Reineke Fuchs, set in the 15th century set the precedent for a more modern piece of literature by the same name?
Aesop
Who wrote about society being fools in a fool ship headed to Narragonien, the fool’s land, in his 1494 work, “Das Narrenschiff”?
Sebastian Brants
Who was a most famous poet of his time, also the protagonist of Richard Wagner’s opera, Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg?
Hans Sachs
Who wrote the poem Die Lorelei?
Heinrich Heine
Name the drama by Lessing that preaches tolerance
Nathan der Weise
in which of Wagner’s operas is the famous “Wedding March”?
Lohengrin
Which German hero is the subject of the Nibelungenlied?
Siegfried
Which German author wrote Don Carlos?
Friedrich Schiller
Name the brothers who wrote down many famous fairy tales.
Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
In which play by Goethe are the characters Margarete and Mephistopheles?
Faust
Who composed the music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Felix Mendelssohn
In which German city is the famous operetta The Student Prince set?
Heidelberg
Who composed the opera Hansel und Gretel?
Engelbert Humperdinck
Who wrote Goetz von Berlichingen?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who wrote Die Leiden des jungen Werthers?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who wrote the poem “Erlkoenig”?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who wrote Faust?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who wrote Wilhelm Tell?
Friedrich Schiller
What German author won the Novel Prize for Literature in 1912?
Gerhart Hauptmann
What German author won the Novel Prize for Literature in 1929?
Thomas Mann
Who wrote Die Buddenbrooks?
Thomas Mann
Who wrote Der Zauberberg?
Thomas Mann
Who wrote Dr.Faustus?
Thomas Mann
Who wrote Dreigroschenoper (The Three Penny Opera)
Text: Bertolt Brecht, Music: Kurt Weill
Who wrote Mutter Courage?
Bertolt Brecht
Who wrote Der kaukasische Kreidekreis (The Caucasian Chalk Circle)?
Bertolt Brecht
Which German author wrote Im Westen nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front)?
Erich Maria Remarque
What German artist of the Renaissance was born in Nuremburg?
Albrecht Durer
What German artist pained Venus und Amor?
Lucas Cranach der Altere (The Older)
Which German artist served as court painter to Henry VIII of England?
Hans Holbein der Jungere (The Younger)
Which German artist painted Erasmus von Rotterdam?
Hans Holbein der Jungere (The Younger)
Which German philosopher wrote A Critique of Pure Reason?
Immanuel Kant
Which German philosopher wrote of a “will to power’ and of “supermen” (Ubermenschen)?
Friedrich Nietzsche
Which German scientist discovered electric waves and the photoelectric effect?
Heinrich Hertz
Which German scientist discovered X-rays?
Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen
Which German scientist discovered the basic laws of electrical current?
Georg Ohm
Which German composer was born in Halle?
Georg Friedrich Handel
Which German composer wrote the oratorio Messiah?
Georg Friedrich Handel
Which German composer wrote the Water Music?
Georg Friedrich Handel
Which German composer spent most of his creative life in London?
Georg Friedrich Handel
Which German composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Which German composer wrote the many cantatas for performance in religious services?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Which German composer wrote the Goldberg Variations?
Johann Sebastian Bach
How many Symphonies did Beethoven compose?
9
In what city was Beethoven born?
Bonn
In what city was J.S. Bach born?
Eisenach
What German composer was choirmaster in the Thomaskirche of Leipzig for many years?
Johann Sebastian Bach
What German composer wrote The Flying Dutchman?
Richard Wagner
What German composer wrote Tannhauser?
Richard Wagner
What German composer wrote Lohengrin?
Richard Wagner
What German composer wrote The Ring of the Nibelungen?
Richard Wagner
What German composer wrote Die Meistersinger?
Richard Wagner
What German composer wrote Tristan und Isolde?
Richard Wagner
What German composer wrote four symphonies and A German Requiem?
Johannes Brahms
How many symphonies did Brahms compose?
4
In what city was Brahms born?
Hamburg
Who was the most famous German composer of operas at the end of the 19th century?
Richard Wagner
What famous girl kept a diary in her Dutch hiding place during World War II?
Anne Frank
For what is Johanna Spyri famous for?
She wrote “Heidi”.
What Swiss playwright wrote “Besuch Der Alten Dame” and “Die Physiker”?
Friedrich Duerrenmatt
Who is the most famous Swiss folk figure?
William Tell
What famous operetta did Franz Lehar compose?
The Merry Widow
Who composed the world-famous waltz, The Beautiful Blue Danube? (give FULL name)
Johann Strauss the Younger
In what part of Austria was the German literary epic, “Das Nibelungenlied”, collected?
The Danube Valley
What famous Austrian author wrote “Song of Bernadette” and “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh”?
Franz Werfel
Name the popular novel about Texas which had great influence on the immigration of German-speaking Europeans to Texas. It was written by Charles Sealsfield.
The Cabin Book
Who composed the world famous waltz, “The Beautiful Blue Danube”? (Give the Full Name)
Johann Strauss the Younger
`In what part of Austria was the German literary epic Das Nibelungenlied collected?
The Danube River
Who was the first Austrian woman to receive a Nobel Prize for Peace who was a pacifist and wrote the book Lay Down Your Arms?
Bertha von Suttner
What famous Austrian author wrote “Song of Bernadette” and “the Forty Days of Musa Dagh”?
Franz Werfel
Who lived from 1749 to 1832 and is considered the greatest figure in German literature?
Goethe
What German movie won the Oscar for the best foreign film in 1980?
Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum)
Who wrote The Messiah?
Georg Friedrich Handel
This author achieved world fame by writing Im Western Nichts Neues. His novels attempted to mirror the economic and political problems of the world. Who is he?
Erich Maria Remarque
Name two heroic sagas that originated in the Old High German period?
Niebelungenlied, Gundrunslied, Beowulf, Song of Rowland
Prior to World War I, group of artists gathered in two German cities. Name the groups and their respective cities.
Die Brücke- Dresden
Der blaue Reiter- München
What artist, considered the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance was famous for the “praying hands”?
Albrecht Dürer
Who was the German philosopher who believed the world was strife and wrote The World as Will and Idea?l
Schopenhauer
What famous German novelist moved to the US and wrote The Magic Mountain?
Thomas Mann
Who wrote one of the most famous children’s books, Heidi?
Johann Spyri
What did Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr contribute to the world?
“Stille Nacht” (The Christmas song, Silent Night)
Who founded the German university that became a model for American universities. Where is it located?
Wilhelm von Humboldt; Berlin
What school was founded in München by Marc and Kandinsky in 1911?
Der blaue Reiter
Which Nobel Prize winning author wrote the famous book, Dr.Faustus?
Thomas Mann
Which German philosopher said that all culture go through up and down phases and that the cultures in the West are in the down phase?
Oswald Spengler
Which three musical greats from Germany fled to the United States because they were Jewish?
Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith, Bruno Walter
Name three classic German authors
Goethe, Lessing, Schiller
“The Dream” (1921) and “Departure” (1932) were painted by who?
Max Beckmann
What Swiss novelist wrote the classic books Der grüne Heinrich and Die Leute von Seldwyla?
Gottfried Keller
Who was the director and what is the name of the film that was nominated for 11 Academy Awards although it was made in West Germany?
Wolfgang Peterson; Das Boot
Who was the founder of the Bauhaus School in Dessau who had to flee tot America with his disciple in the Nazi period?
Walter Gropius, Mies Van Der Rohe
What composer wrote Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring?
Bach
Which German-American built the Brooklyn Bridge?
Johann August Röbling
What did Marx and Engels publish in 1848?
The Communist Manifesto
Often dealing with the problems of one against the masses, which Swiss dramatist is famous for his Der Besuch der alten Dame and Die Physiker?
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Which scientist established the first chemical teaching labratory in Gießen , germany in 1824?
Justis von Liebig
Who wrote the words and who wrote the music for the German National Anthem?
Words- von Fallersleben; Music- Joseph Haydn
Modeled after the marble gateway of the ancient Athenian Acropolis, which landmark was typical of the classical influence on German art during the Enlightenment? Name the landmark, the architect, and the city where it stands.
Brandenburg Gate, Karl Langhans, Berlin
Who wrote Wilhelm Tell?
Schiller
Who wrote the classic The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund Freud
Which painter of religious subjects lived from 1480-1528. His masterpiece was the “Isenheim Altar”
Matthias Grünewald
Who composed music in twelve-tone scale and whose art was classified as degenerate during Hitler’s regime?
Arnold Schönberg
What was Goethe’s first drama?
Götz Von Berlichingen
Who wrote Emil und die Detektive?
Erich Kästner
Who perfect the classical form of the novella?
Heinrich von Kleist
Who wrote Tristan and Isolde (the story)?
Gottfried von Strassburg
Who was the best-known lyric poet during the Age of the Popular Minnesänger?
Walther von der Vodelweide
Who designed the Brandenburg Gate, adn where is it located?
Karl Langhans; Berlin
What German became the head of the music department at Yale University?
Paul hindemith
Who wrote Die Lorelei?
Heinrich Heine
Who were the authors of Das Narrenschiff?
Sebastian Brant and Katherine Ann Porter
Name the works of the authors that won them a Nobel Prize for Literature: Thomas Mann, Gerhard Hauptmann, Herman Hesse
Der Zauberberg
Die Weber
Magister Ludi
Who is known as the Father of Gymnastics?
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
Who founded the Kindergarten in Germany?
Friedrich Fröbel (about 1840)
Who is known as the Meistersänger of Nürnberg?
Hans Sachs
Who wrote the controversial play about the Pope’s role in WWII?
Rolf Hochhuth
What two German philosophers founded the Existentialist School of Thought?
Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers
Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972?
Heinrich Böll
Who designed the Bauhaus and where is it located?
Walter Gropius; Dressau
Which musician was most honored by Hitler
Richard Wagner
Who wrote Die Blechtrommel
Günter Grass
What is the name of the group formed by several expressionistic painters in 1905 in Dresden?
Die Brücke
Which artist’s works is based on the theme of the protection of children by their mother?
Käthe Kolwitz
What famous German designed the United Nations building in New York?
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Name two of Mozart’s operas
Figares Hochzeit
Don Giovanni
Die Zauberflöte
Which famous German composer received the Honorary Doctorate in Music from Oxford University?
Joseph Haydn
What famous German cabaret poet and write committed suicide in Sweden because he was Jewish in Hitler’s world?
Kurt Tucholsky
Who directed the German film Die Ehe von Maria Braun?
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
What was Goethe’s first novel and his first drama?
Novel- Leiden des jungen Werthers
Drama- Götz von Berlichingen
What Swiss novelist and playwright whose major works deal with the problems of identity crises and of collective guilt?
Max Frisch
What 16th century German artist was a powerful genius whose works have great tragic intensity? Two of his works were “Crucifixion” and “Virgin and Child”
Matthias Grünewald
What title was given by a philosopher to his major work and by a musician to a tone poem? Give the title and the names of the philosopher and musician.
Also sprach Zarathustra; Nietzsche and Richard Strauss
Who composed the “Wedding March” for A Midsummer’s Night Dream?
Mendelssohn
Which musician set many verses to music? His “Traumerei” is a standard piano selection?
Robert Schumann
This collection of four operas is considered’s Wagner’s greatest masterpiece. Based on an ancient german epic, name the collection of the opera and the individual names of the operas themselves.
Ring des Nibelungen Das Rheingold Die Walküre Siegfried Götterdämmerung
What are the dates for the Old High German period?
800-1050 A.D.
What are the three periods of the Early Period in German litertature?
Old High German
Middle High German
Age of the Minnesänger
What was the Old High German period famous for?
Church literature
What are four famous heroic sagas that emerged in the Old High German period?
Das Nibelungenlied
Beowulf
Das Gudrunlied
Song of Roland
What are the dates for the Middle High German period?
1050-1300
During the MIddle High German period, the ideas of chivalry and courtly loved were introduced. These then were reflected in what two tales?
Gottfried von Straussburg’s Tristan and Isolde
Wolfram von Eschenbach ‘s Parzifal
