MUSI 4200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Franz Liszt, Young Germany, Gesamtkunstwerk
25 May 2016
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Zurich writings: art and revolution, artwork of the future, opera and drama. Belief that european politics, society and culture ready for radical change. Belief that art and music ready for change. Look out at the top of the church tower in dresden. Franz liszt: helped wagner escape, tells wagner to get out of here. Young germany: german writers of pre-1848, reacted against apolitical german romantics, supported revolution, belief: life and literature fused (ancient greek ideal) Calls for resurrection of total work of art: gesumptkunswerk used to exist wagner wants to bring it back. Wagner believes that attempts have yielded meaningless art/ anti-art: frivolity, vacant, grotesque. Wagner: hand in hand with dissolution of the athenian state marched the downfall of tragedy . Since antiquity: alienation between the arts, alienation between the different social groups. A & r (1849) public art in greece vs europe. Art today in germany = in consciousness of individual. Greek artist: success through public acclaim (true art)
