THEA 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sigmund Freud, Der Ring Des Nibelungen, Syphilis
27 Feb 2017
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Was originally intending on becoming a playwright but chose to be a composer. Known as a womanizer and an anti-semite. Music later invoked messages of nazist germany in the early 20th century. The inspiration for his ring cycle , his most famous work, was from german legends and folklore. The second act, entitled die walk re (pronounced dee val-cure) is the most widely-known today. This link will take you to the most famous leitmotif of the song: http://bit. ly/2j5cwhx. Also wrote two essays on the nature of art: art and revolution, the artwork of the future. Wagner argued that great art is the synthesis of all the best genres . I. e: take all forms of art (poetry, music, theatre, visual art, dance, etc. ) and combine them into one unified form of expression. ** it is expected that you know both the spelling and.
