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Besides Opera, what musical genre is mentioned as rising"vibrantly" in Russia in the later ninteenth century?
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Ballet
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What two composers dominated German and Italian opera in the later nineteenth century, respectively?
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Wagner and Verdi
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When did Russia abolish serfdom?
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1861
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Where was the search for an independant native voice especially keen and why?
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Eastern Europe and Russia; trying to counteract the German model
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Beethoven piece that paved the way for Wagner?
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The 9th Symphony
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In Wagner, the orchestra conveys the _______ aspect of the drama, while the sung words convey the_________ aspect.
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Inner; outer
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In Wagner, the traditional heirarchy of voice and orchestra is _____________.
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Reversed
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What analogy/ picture did Wagner draw in his Opera and Drama to explain this concept?
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Boat born on the waves
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Who wrote the librettos for wagner's operas?
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He did
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About how long is the entire ring cycle in performance?
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19 hours
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How did Wagner use the rampant nationalism of his day to bolster his claim that Jewish composers wrote music that was inherently "weak"?
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Since they were Jewish they lacked national roots
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Did Wagner's librettos and poetry employ regular meter and rhyme?
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no
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How does the "curse" leitmotiv relate to the leitmotivs of the for the " ring"?
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Same pitches, in reverse order
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Explain the philosopher Schopenhauer's view of music and words.
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Words are the product of reason. Wordless music expresses the will.
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According to the author, tonality is based on our desire for what?
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Dissonance to consonance
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