AD Music: Late Romantics

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The Ride of the Valkyries is taken from an ________?: overture
When did Verdi live?: 1813-1901
What two things did Wagner feel should be united? What did he do?: music, drama; referred to works as music dramas
Where was Mussorgsky born?: Karevo, Russia
What is a Gesamtkunstwerk?: Wagner's idea that all media of a production should be unified
Who convinced Mussorgsky to join the The Mighty Five?: Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky
Wagner was a leading representative of what school?: New German School
Discuss the plot of Il Trovatore.: love story Leonora (princess of Aragon) and Manrico (troubadour) + Count of Luna
Where was Wagner born?: Leipzing, Germany
Where was Mussorgsky educated?: St. Petersburg Conservatory - military
What is Wagner's greatest masterpiece? How long is it?: The Ring Cyle; 16 hrs long
Until ___, Italy was under the control of _____.: 1861, Austria
When did Wagner live?: 1813-1883
Whose and what are the "years in the galleys"?: Verdi's successful years
What was Mussorgsky's first important orchestral work?: St. John's Night on Bare Mountain (symphonic poem)
Where was Verdi's first opera performed?: La Scala in Milan
What happened to Mussorgsky is 1861?: liberation of serfs, made his family (landowners) poor, took govt job, began drinking
What was Verdi's slogan? Why?: Vitorio Emanuele Re D'Italia - a king to unite Italy;
Verdi supported Italian independence
Wagner's The Ring Cycle is based on _____ .: Nibelunglied (German epic poem, incorporationg Norse, Greek mythology)
When was the Anvil Chorus written? It was a part of ___.: 1853; Il Trovatore - The Troubadour
What were Khovanschina, Sorochinsty Fair, and Pictures at an Exhibition?: historical opera; comedy; piana music suite
After failures, Verdi composed what successful opera? When?: Nabucco, 1842
When was Night on Bald Mountain written?: 1867
Contrast Wagner and Verdi.: Wagner - continuous songs
Verdi - separate piece (except Otello)
Does Night on Bald Mountain have a program?: No
Where was Verdi born?: Busseto, Italy
An 1859 visit to Moscow piqued whose interest in nationalist?: Mussorgsky
Who wrote the libretto of Il Trovatore?: Salvatore Cammarano
What was the result of Wagner's participation in the revolutions of 1848?: exile in switzerland
Verdi was refused from what school? When?: Milan Conservatory; age 18
What four music dramas comprise Wagner's ring cycle?: The Rhine Gold, The Valkyries, Siegfried, Twilight of the Gods
What instrument plays a significant part of the Anvil Chorus?: triangle
When did Wagner begin composing?: at age 17
What is the special effect instrument in Anvil Chorus?: anvil
Wagner admired what two writers?: Shakespeare, Goethe
Did Verdi gain international fame during his lifetime?: Yes
What was Wagner's first significant work? When was it performed?: symphony; 1832
Name two of Verdi's great works.: Rigolette. La Traviata
What does Night on Bald Mountain evoke?: supernatural and nationalism
Who were the Mighty Five?: leading Russian nationalist composers: Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Borodon, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov
Mussorgsky's greatest work, the opera ___ is based on a ___?: Boris Gudnov; Puskin play
Who was the greatest composer in the history of Italian opera?: Giuseppe Verdi
In what other opera is Night on Bald Mountain inserted?: Sorochinsty Fair - dream sequence
When did Mussorgsky live?: 1839-1881
What inspired Night on Bald Mountain?: witches sabbath scene, Gogl's story "St. John's Eve"
Describe Verdi's failures.: 2nd opera (comedy) failed, then both children and wife died, which led to depression
How did Mussorgsky earn a living?: Imperial Guard officer, civil servant
Who was an influential Russian composer of 19th cent?: Mussorgsky
What were Wagner's controversial works?: Art and Revolution
The Artwork of the Future
Opera and Drama
What is the plot to the The Ride of the Valkyries?: find a ring made by Nibelung
Siegfried(mortal) takes ring from giant and wins Brunnelhide(leader of the valkyries)'s love
Who the greatest German composer of his time?: Wagner

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