Year 7 Online Task #2

Famous Pieces by Wagner

Hello Year 7

If you have navigated to this site and post you are doing extremely well.

Read the information below, watch the three videos linked in this post, and answer simply the questions based on what you have seen and heard.

Write your ideas in the text areas on this page.

Have fun!
Mr Wright

Videos of Famous Pieces by Wagner

Video 1: Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner’s Opera Die Wulkure

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GSKL5E3zSjs

Video 2: Overture from Wagner’s Opera Tannhauser

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VvieObtpItA

Video 3: What’s Opera Doc Bugs Bunny

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DxF4d8FcQ-I

Part 1: Richard Wagner

Wagner

Question 1: As you watch the first video from Die Walkure name at least five instruments playing in the orchestra.




Question 2: As the orchestra first begins to play a group of instruments are playing a trill. What are these instruments? And what is a trill?




Question 3: What instruments start playing the main theme?




Question 4: As you watch the second video from Tannhauser write a definition of what an Overture is in an Opera?




Question 5: When you see the strings playing (cellos and violins) their left hands are shaking as they play their notes. This creates a musical effect called v __ __ __ __ __ __




Question 6: Again, which instruments play the main theme as the music crescendos?




Part 2: Carl Stalling

Stalling

Question 1: As you watch the Bugs Bunny cartoon describe what is happening when you hear the Ride of the Valkyries theme from the first video




Question 2: When Bugs & Elmer are singing to each other "O Bwünnhilde, you'w so wuvwy," "Return my love," and in the closing scene the themes are taken directly from which Wagner Opera?




Question 3:Would you describe Wagner’s music as stale or boring? Or would you describe it as colourful and exciting? Explain why.




Question 4: Write a definition of Opera in your own words. You can use ideas from these videos, the internet or books but put it into your own words.




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