Chapter 45: Total Art: Wagner and German Romantic Opera

Question 1

Singspiel

Answer 1

Comic German drama with spoken dialogue; the immediate predecessor of Romantic German opera. (page 274)

Question 2

Music Drama

Answer 2

Wagner’s term for his operas. (page 275)

Question 3

Leitmotif

Answer 3

“Leading motive,” or basic recurring theme, representing a person, object, or idea; widely used in Wagner’s music dramas. (page 275)