Richard Wagner

Question 0

words that sound the same are known as what?

Answer 0

Usages of
ALLITERATION
(ex: She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore)

Question 1

The short themes Wagner uses are called what?

Answer 1

“Leitmotivs” (German term)
or
Light motives (English trans.)

Question 2

Give the notes for the “Tristan Chord” from bottom to top:

Answer 2

F-B-D#-G#

Question 3

The Prelude to Tristan begins with an interval of a ______

Answer 3

minor 6th

Question 4

What is the name given to the cycle of operas he wrote?

Answer 4

“Der Ring des Nibelungen”
or
The Ring of the Nibelungs (English trans.)

Question 5

Wagner wrote how many operas in his cycle, “Der Ring des Niebelungen?”

Can you name all of them in order?

Answer 5

Four:

a. "Das Rheingold" (The Rhine Gold)
b. "Die Walkürie" (The Valkyrie)
c. "Siegfried"
d. "Götterdämmerung" (The Twighlight of the Gods)

Question 6

Who is Tristan?

Answer 6

A knight in love with Isolde

Question 7

From Tristan and Isolde, name the three other main characters (not Tristan) that appear in the assigned listening excerpts from the anthology:

Answer 7

1) Brangäne
2) Isolde
3) Kurwenal

Question 8

What term describes Wagner’s concept that the “arts work together?”

Answer 8

“Gesamtkunstwerk”
or
Total Artwork

Question 9

While in Paris, Wagner saw and wrote on an opera. What opera was this?

Answer 9

“Der Freischütz”