MUS 10 Lecture Notes - Gesamtkunstwerk, Ritornello, Aria
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The sets and costumes, called the d cor, were typically designed and built by the theater"s resident artisans; the stage director, too, usually came with the house. ". Wagner operas are very long there is enough repetition and retelling of stories that you can"t miss the point. The logical extension of all this is the notion that wagnerian opera needs celebrating in a temple devoted solely to its own apotheosis. Haydn literally forged the sonata style, breathing into it a vitality that took it well beyond its relatively tame predecessors. His solutions integrated form, force, and substance to produce instrumental music of unparalleled internal coherence. His sense of motive is quite powerful, and he had a good feel for rhythm and drive. You are reminded forcefully of his own modest roots and his ear for the primitive formulas he heard about him.
