Wilhelm Richard Wagner
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CHILDHOOD
- Parents: Carl, Johanna, and Geyer
- Siblings: Albert Wagner
- Hobbies: Wagner loved music, and wrote plays
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WHAT HELPED HIM
- He was sent to Pastor Wetzel’s school
- Carl Weber’s opera
- Beethoven
- Mozart
- Wilhelmine Devrient
- Thomaskantor Weinlig
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ABOUT HIS MUSIC
- Wagner is known for his complexion
- His music is very classical
- His use of leitmotifs is excellent
- Operas
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Problems that Wagner had experienced were debts that he was very deep in, and he couldn’t perform some of his operas such as Triston and Isolde.
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The solution to his problems was king Ludwig II, this is because he payed off Wagner’s debts and they performed his plays.
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HIS FINAL YEARS
- Moved to Bayreuth
- Festival
- Wagner societies
- Parsifal
- Heart attack
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EXTRA FACTS
- His wife died of heart attack as well
- Albert, his brother, helped him get a position as a choirmaster
- Wagner had actually followed in Geyer, his stepfathers, footsteps in passion of music
- He was also a polemic
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SIEGFRIED IDYLL
RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufTndujS5Bs
- Premiered August 17 1876
- It’s four hours long
- It’s one of Wagner’s dramas
- I like the slow calming rhythm
