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38 Cards in this Set
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From the 1850s, European opera underwent significant change in what areas?
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1. Musical Language
2. Approach to Drama 3. Subject Matter |
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Name an opera by Wagner and an opera by Verdi.
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Verdi: La Traviata |
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Date of Tristan und Isolde?
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1859
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Date of La Traviata?
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1853
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What is La Traviata based on?
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A play by Dumas.
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What are the main characters in La Traviata?
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Violetta and Alfredo.
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Who does Alfredo see Violetta with at a party?
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Baron Douphol.
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What does Alfredo discover in the final act?
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Violetta still loves him.
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What is different about the subject matter of La Traviata?
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Realistic characters and contemporary society/settings (apartments etc).
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What does the music track in La Traviata?
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Violetta's emotions and reactions.
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In La Traviata, what does the 'Cantible' section evoke and how does it do this?
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Bourgeois Paris. Melody with waltz-like accompaniment, AABB form with coda.
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Verdi's date of birth and date of death?
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1813 - 1901
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Wagner's date of birth and date of death?
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1813 - 83
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What type of opera is Tristan und Isolde?
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Music drama.
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Date of Tristan und Isolde?
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1857 - 59
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Who are the main characters of Tristan und Isolde?
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Tristan and Isolde
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Who is Isolde the daughter of?
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The Irish king.
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Who does Tristan bring Isolde to Cornwall to marry?
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King Mark
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Who is Isolde secretly in love with?
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Tristan
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Why does Isolde try to poison Tristan?
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He betrayed her.
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What happens when Isolde tries to poison herself and Tristan?
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Her companion switches it with love potion and they both fall in love.
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Isolde's marriage to King Mark goes ahead, but her relationship with Tristan continues. What happens when they are caught?
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Tristan is killed and Isolde dies of grief.
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What type of opera is Tristan und Isolde NOT?
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A 'number' opera (with arias, recitatives, etc).
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What type of music did Wagner want?
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Continuous, evolving music.
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What was required for Tristan und Isolde and Wagner's style of music?
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A large orchestra and powerful singers.
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Name an important aspect of the music in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.
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Leitmotifs.
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What is a leitmotiv?
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Leading motifs associated with particular people, events, things and ideas throughout the work.
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What does the music follow very closely in Tristan und Isolde?
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The action of the drama.
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What does much chromaticism create in Tristan und Isolde?
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Restless harmony and dissolution of functional tonality.
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Discuss Wagner's impact on music.
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Could there be any future for tonality? Did he represent a culmination or a new start?
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What did Wagner anticipate?
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The dissolution of tonality.
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When did atonality become a reality?
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Shortly after 1900.
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What, following Wagner, remained a fixture in 20th-century opera?
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Leitmotifs
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How did Wagner link music to drama?
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Leitmotifs.
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What did Wagner have an all-encompassing vision of?
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Drama, music and theatre.
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What did 20th-century composers do after Wagner?
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Seek control over stage.
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What was realistic about the subject matter in La Traviata?
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The setting, situation and characters.
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What did 20th-century composers do after Verdi?
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They used realistic, factual subjects.
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