Arts & Letters Flashcards
What language predominated the German people from 800-1050, the precursor to modern day German?
Althochdeutsch
What major piece of literature came about during the Old High German period?
Hildebrandslied
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
Which period of German literature featured such authors as Gottfried von Strassburg. Wolfram von Eschenbach, and Walther von der Vogelweide?
Middle High German (Mittelhochdeutsch)
What is the name given to the German poet knights of the 12th and 13th centuries?
Minnesänger
During the Age of the Minnesänger. who composed love songs and performed them in courts of the nobility?
German minstrels
Who is the most famous poet of love songs, Minnelieder, in the Middle High German epoch?
Walther von der Vogelweide
Who was the best-known lyric poet of the age?
Walther von der Vogelweide
Who wrote “Tristan und Isolde”?
Gottfried von Straßburg
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
Who wrote “Parzifal”?
Wolfram von Eschenbach
Which Middle High German epic told a story of a young knight’s quest for the Holy Grail?
Parzifal
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 pioneered the High German language with his 1522-1534 translation of the bible?
Martin Luther
Who is known as the Meistersänger of Nürnberg?
Hans Sachs
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 about society being fools in a fool ship headed to Narragonien, the fool’s land, in his 1494 work, “Das Narrenschiff”?
Sebastian Brandt
Who were the authors of Das Narrenschiff?
Sebastian Brant and Katherine Ann Porter
During the 16th centruy, a series of comical satires was told about a group of incredible dull-witted townpeople. Name them
Die Schildbürger
What is the English translation of the Renaissance and what did it mark the beginning of?
“Aufklärung” & Modern German Literature
Name three classic German authors
Goethe, Lessing, Schiller
Who opened the way for classic literature and wrote a play, Nathan der Weise, which called upon religious tolerance and the brotherhood of man?
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Name the drama by Lessing that preaches tolerance
Nathan der Weise
Which leading author of the Enlightenment actually was better known for his critical essays on German literature such as the Hamburgische Dramaturgie, before he became known for his own writing?
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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
In which play by Goethe are the characters Margarete and Mephistopheles?
Faust
Who wrote Gӧtz von Berlichingen?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who wrote Die Leiden des jungen Werthers?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who wrote Faust?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who lived from 1749 to 1832 and is considered the greatest figure in German literature?
Goethe
What was Goethe’s first drama?
Götz Von Berlichingen
What was Goethe’s first novel and his first drama?
Novel- Leiden des jungen Werthers
Drama- Götz von Berlichingen
Recognized as the work of German Classicism, this play is the story of a man who made a pact with the devil. Name the author and his work.
Faust (Urfaust l, ll), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Which German author wrote Don Carlos?
Friedrich Schiller
Who wrote Wilhelm Tell?
Friedrich Schiller
Which poet, dramatist, and professor wrote Die Räuber?
Friedrich Schiller
Who wrote Wallenstein?
Friedrich Schiller
Who wrote Maria Stuart?
Friedrich Schiller
What era began around the year 1800 and lasted for a half century?
Romantik/Romantic
Who published from 1812 to 1815 Kinder- und Hausmärchen in addition to Deutschen Grammatik and Deutschen Wörterbuches?
Wilhelm und Jakob Grimm
Who was famous for his characteristic mix of cheer and mystery and his famous Erzählungen that were the basis for Hoffmans Erzählungen by Jacques?
E.T.A. Hoffmann
Who wrote the words and who wrote the music of the German National Anthem?
Words-von Fallersleben; music-Joseph Haydn
Who wrote the poem Die Lorelei?
Heinrich Heine
Whose collection of poems, Buch der Lieder, was published in 1827 and songs were the inspiration for Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms and other composers?
Heinrich Heine
Who wrote Du bist wie eine Blume and Die Lorelei?
Heinrich Heine
Which poet and novelist created some of the best pieces of the 18th century including Der Schimmelreiter?
Theodor Storm
Who perfect the classical form of the novella?
Heinrich von Kleist
Who showed the fight between Idealism and Realism, Romantic and Classic nature in his works? He wrote the play “Ahnfrau.”
Franz Grillparzer
Name the author, considered Austria’s finest dramatist, who combined the formal elements of Austrian Baroque drama and Vienna’s popular theater traditions.
Franz Grillparzer
Which Austrian novelist described the ideal unity in nature and subjectivity of man in Der Nachsommer?
Adalbert Stifter
Who was Wilhelm Busch’s most famous literary characters?
Max und Moritz
What German author won the Novel Prize for Literature in 1912?
Gerhart Hauptmann
Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1912 and wrote the drama, Die Weber?
Gerhart Hauptmann
What Swiss novelist wrote the classic books Der grüne Heinrich and Die Leute von Seldwyla?
Gottfried Keller
Which Swiss author wrote the autobiography, Der grüne Heinrich?
Gottfried Keller
Which Austrian poet and dramatist was the librettist for Richard Strauß’s operas Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Ariadne auf Naxos, Arabella?
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Who wrote Im Westen nichts Neues, Drei Kameraden, Der Triumpfbogen, and Zeit zu leben und Seit zu sterben?
Erich Maria Remarque
Which German author wrote Im Westen nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front)?
Erich Maria Remarque
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
Which Austrian wrote Der Prozess, Das Schloss, and Die Verwandlung?
Franz Kafka
Who wrote many short stories and the novel Emil und die Detektive?
Erich Kästner
Who wrote the controversial play about the Pope’s role in WWII?
Rolf Hochhuth
What novel by Rolf Hochhuth stirred up international turmoil?
Der Stellvertreter
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
Who had justice, revenge, and death among his major themes and wrote Der Besuch der alten Dame and Die Physiker?
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
What famous Austrian author wrote “Song of Bernadette” and “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh”?
Franz Werfel
What did Franz Werfel write?
Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh
Das Lied von Bernadette
Which Austrian who later moved to America wrote Das Lied von Bernadette, which was later made into a Hollywood movie, and Jakobowsky und der Oberst?
Franz Werfel
What German author won the Novel Prize for Literature in 1929?
Thomas Mann
Who wrote Buddenbrooks, Der Zauberberg, Der Tod in Venedig, und Tonio Kröger?
Thomas Mann
Who wrote Doctor Faustus and won the 1929 Nobel Prize for literature?
Thomas Mann
Which author moved to the US in 1938 during Hitler’s reign and then moved to Switzerland after World War II?
Thomas Mann
Which German author, exiled to Mexico in 1933, became famous for her anti-fascist novel, Das siebte Kreuz?
Anna Seghers
Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972?
Heinrich Bӧll
Which two authors received recognition following the collapse of the Nazi regime?
Wolfgang Borchert and Heinrich Böll
Who wrote Wo warst du Adam?, Billard um halb zehn, Ansichten eines Clowns, and Gruppenbild mit Dame and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1972?
Heinrich Böll
Which group joined many democratic writers and helped the revival of German literature in 1947?
Gruppe 47
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)?
Bertold Brecht
Who was Bertolt Brecht?
a playwright noted for his radical innovations on theater arts
Who wrote Leben des Galilei, Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder, and Die Dreigroschenoper while being a Marxist and was the composer of the Berlin Ensemble in East Berlin?
Bertolt Brecht
For what is Johanna Spyri famous for?
She wrote “Heidi”.
Who wrote one of the most famous children’s books, Heidi?
Johanna Spyri
Who wrote Demian, Siddharta, Der Steppenwolf, and Das Glasperlenspiel and won the 1946 Nobel Prize in literature?
Herman Hesse
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 wrote Die Blechtrommel, Katz und Maus, and Hundejahre?
Günter Grass
Which author escaped Hitler-ruled Germany in 1940 by flying to Switzerland and wrote die Tragödie des jüdischen Volkes and O die Schornsteine, winning the 1965 Peace Prize from German booksellers and the Nobel Prize for literature in 1966?
Nelly Sachs
Which two famous authors belonged to the representatives of German mysticism?
Meister Eckhart and Thomas a Kempis
What did Marx and Engels publish in 1848?
The Communist Manifesto
Who saw history as a reflection of God’s will?
Georg Freidrich Hegel
What two German philosophers founded the Existentialist School of Thought?
Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers
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
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 was the German philosopher who believed the world was strife and wrote The World as Will and Idea?l
Schopenhauer
Who was the German-American theologian who was leader among those who wanted to reconsider the meaning of Christian faith in the light of the challange presented by Existential philosophy, psychoanalysis, and especially socialism? He left Germany in 1933 and became a professor of theology at Union Theological Seminary?
Paul Tillich
Who wrote Die Kritik der reinen Vernunft?
Immanuel Kant
Who argued that human knowledge comes from experience?
Immanuel Kant
Who argued that the laws of morality should be obeyed regardless of personal consequences?
Immanuel Kant
Which philosopher lived from 1724-1804?
Immanuel Kant
Who believed that life was a drama of endless strife and suffering?
Arthur Schopenhauer
Which philosopher lived from 1788-1860?
Arthur Schopenhauer
Who believed that suffering could be relieved by renouncing desire and negating the will?
Arthur Schopenhauer
Which philosopher believed that suffering could be relieved by contemplation of fine arts?
Arthur Schopenhauer
Who wrote Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung?
Arthur Schopenhauer
Who had a special interest in history?
Georg Friedrich Hegel
Who saw history as a reflection of God’s will?
Georg Friedrich Hegel
Who believed that God’s will was revealed through progressions of changes resulting from conflict between opposing forces in society?
Georg Friedrich Hegel
Who believed that the thesis and the antithesis clash to create a new stage in social evolution called the synthesis?
Georg Friedrich Hegel
Who applied Hegel’s philosophy to economics?
Karl Marx
Who concluded that communism is the economic synthesis that Hegel talked about?
Karl Marx
Who believed that management and labor were the thesis and antithesis in economics?
Karl Marx
Who wrote Das Kapital?
Karl Marx
Which philosopher lived from 1818-1883?
Karl Marx
Which philosopher lived from 1770-1831?
Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel
Who wrote Also sprach Zarathustra?
Friedrich Nietzsche
Who wrote Jenseits von Gut und Böse?
Friedrich Nietzsche
Who attacked Christianity as something that represses the creativity of man by forcing a mold upon us?
Friedrich Nietzsche
Who believed that the source of all creativity is a will to power?
Friedrich Nietzsche
Who believed that the hope of mankind lies in the emergence of the Übermensch?
Friedrich Nietzsche
Which philosopher lived from 1844-1900?
Friedrich Nietzsche
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
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 composer wrote Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring?
Bach
Whose cantatas, passion, and compositions had a great influence in music later on? He was born into a famous music family and lived from 1685-1750.
Johann Sebastian Bach
What German composer is one of the great innovators in Western music?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Which two baroque composers were both born in 1685?
Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Handel
Who is the composer of the opera “Fidelio”?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Which composer lost his hearing, but continued to compose?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Who is the composer of “An die Freude”?
Ludwig van Beethoven
How many Symphonies did Beethoven compose?
9
In what city was Beethoven born?
Bonn
Before turning completely deaf, Beethoven wrote his Ninth Symphony which concludes with what?
Schiller’s Ode an die Freude
Who was a student of Schoenberg’s and developed a style called atonality?
Alban Berg
Who founded an art school with Schoenberg and Anton von Webern in the 20th century in Wien?
Alban Berg
Who is known for the operas “Wozzek” and “LuLu”?
Alban Berg
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 made Beethoven’s style popular again?
Johannes Brahms
Who increased the amount of chamber music performed by the piano and violin?
Johannes Brahms
Which composer composed the Lullaby that is familiar today?
Johannes Brahms
What did Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr contribute to the world?
“Stille Nacht” (The Christmas song, Silent Night)
Which German composer was born in Halle?
Georg Friedrich Händel
