RICHARD WAGNER

BY: BRYAN CARROLL AND BRYCE DALBEY

LIFE SPAN

• 1813-1883

• Leipzig, Germany-Venice Italy

• As a child he liked poetry and litature

• He studied in Leipzig

FAMILY BACKGROUND

• His father was a police clerk

• His brother, Adolf, studied technology

• He married his friend’s widow

• He took care of his friend’s 7 children

MUSIC

• He played the flute, trumpet, guitar, and designed the Wagner Tuba

• He started at age 16

• He composed opera

MISC.

• He lived during the romantic era

• An event that occurred during his life was the invention of the telephone

• The music from the romantic era expressed great emotion

• Another composer that lived during his lifetime was Franz Liszt

ADULTHOOD

• His job was as a composer

• One of his greatest accomplishments was “The Ring Cycle”

• He died from Myocardial Infarction

• “I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of thy abyss, of those who are full of longing” _Richard Wagner

MAJOR WORKS

• Three major works are Ring Cycle, Das Rheingold, and Die Walkure

• Die Walkure was written about Norse Mythology and was 15 hours long.

• Audio example imbedded here >---------------

• It came from Wikipedia

• It made me feel good

Richard_Wagner_-_Ride_of_the_Valkyries_orinal.mp3.ogg

STUDIES

• We study him because of his operas

• He was openly racist in his music

• He inspired Adolf Hitler

• He influenced long operas

• We learned that he inspired Hitler

SOURCES

• Wikipedia

• Mr. Ellerston’s paper

• Wagnerinvenice.com