Dajuan Wagner

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a composer of the Romantic period. In addition to his title as a composer, Wagner was also a theorist, author and librettist. He is most commonly associated with the operatic genre, in which he is known for his lengthy and dramatic works. Wagner was a revolutionist of his time and sought to reform the operatic genre by using theories he developed to write operas in such a way that they served the drama. In this essay, Wagner’s ideas of Gesamtkunstwerk and leitmotiv…

A majority of people seem to agree the Wagner was an anti-Semite. Among those people, a debate has emerged as to the place of Wagner’s music in our current society. Over the course of this essay I attempt to make sense of this debate and try come to a conclusion about what place Wagner’s music should have in the 21st Century. At the same time, I am to provide context by noting his impact on music and looking toward Israel where the topic of Wagner’s music seems to be most controversial. Despite…

The opera starts in Seville, a city square by a cigarette factory where a young beautiful gypsy Carmen finds the love of her life. All of the Factory men would die for her however, Don jose the men that was paying no attention to her caught Carmen’s interest. To show him that she was interested in him she throws a flower at him so he can notice her. As the opera continues Don Jose falls deeply in love with Carmen although he got sent to prison and now is leaving to the military; he expresses his…

of Wilhelm Richard Wagner. I was extremely interested in Wagner’s work due to the fact that he was one of Adolph Hitler’s favorite composers. I was intrigued to hear what caught Hitler’s attention and to learn what affect his interest had on Wagner’s legacy. While doing research, I learned that Wagner was behind the very famous opera titled Tristan and Isolde. I had previously heard of that opera throughout my life, but I never knew who the musical genius was behind it. Wagner often referred to…

The reason I chose Wagner was because of his interesting background. Being from Germany myself, I can relate better to a German composer than any other composer just because I grew up under a German culture. What is specifically interesting about Wagner that separates him from all the other composers is that he his music pieces appealed to Adolf Hitler. His music was apparently played at concentration camps, which was used to re-educate the prisoners. This created a lot of controversy, which…

Maximilian Raoul "Max" Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American composer of music for theatre and films. He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional when he was fifteen. He worked in England and then came to New York to work on Broadway. He moved to Hollywood in 1929 and became one of the first composers to write music scores for films. Steiner is referred to as "the father of film music" and is…

members used propaganda as an integral method to promote the philosophies of the Third Reich. Due to Hitler’s lifelong passion for it, music became one of the essential avenues of Hitler’s propaganda messages. Bruckner, Beethoven and most Notably Wagner were just a few of the many composers whom were glorified by Hitler. Through a discriminant handpicking of composers, the Nazi regime was able to rewrite German music history and efficaciously promote and produce music that paralleled the ideas…

Modesto Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s 7th Symphony The performance started out with “Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg “The Master-Singers of Nuremberg”” composed by Richard Wagner. Wagner was a German composer mainly known for his amazing operas. He was born in Germany in May of 1813 and lived through the romantic era of music. The entire opera has to be one of the longest that is commonly performed, typically taking close to four and a half hours. In this performance, however, they…

Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer born in 1858 and is known to have put a considerable amount of thought into creating the mood and literary components of his librettos (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation p.280). Richard Wagner was a German composer born in 1813 to a theatrical family (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation p. 289). Both of these composers are famous for their operas and are from the Romanic Period. Their compositions, La Boheme and Die Walkure, share the characteristics of…

there was a man that proved network television could be a success due to the outlandishness of a character. George Wagner was a professional wrestler back then, which later became known as a golden era, during a time when kayfabe was alive and well (For those who don’t know wrestling terms, kayfabe essentially means that nobody knew professional wrestling was pre-determined). But when Wagner adopted his in-ring persona of “Gorgeous” George, both his and the sport’s popularity exploded. That’s…