MUSIC100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Der Ring Des Nibelungen, Giacomo Puccini, Arrigo Boito

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Richard wagner: three national schools of opera: italian, french, german. Comic opera: some spoken dialogue, more down to earth. Nationalism movement was reflected in the arts. Operas were based on national legend and written in native language. Verdi was known as a national hero, wrote political protests into operas. Arrigo boito: italian poet best known for his libretti. Educated under his stepfather"s influence as his own father died. He left germany in debt and ran off to paris with his wife, who was an actor. But he took part in a failed coup against monarchy and was forced to leave (again) Settled with his wife in zurich (switzerland) for many years. His music and words were woven into a genre he called music drama. Leitmotivs: musical phrases associated with objects, feelings thoughts or people. Leitmotiv is different because it can refer to things as well as people.

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