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Master Glossary
Masterpieces of Western Music
Humanities W1123 ·
Prof. Michael Thaddeus
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
GLOSSARY
GESAMTKUNSTWERK: Wagner's name for the "complete work of art,"
an opera comprising multiple art forms (poetry, music, dance,
the visual arts, etc.)
THROUGH-COMPOSED or DURCHKOMPONIERT: of an opera, set as a
single musical number, without dialogue, recitative, or pauses
between pieces or scenes
LEITMOTIF: in Wagner's operas, a recurrent orchestral theme
symbolizing a person, place, or thing