The Musical Forms And The Dramatic Ideas In Wagner 's Late Creation

Wagner never stop to pursue the perfect art and the sublimation of human nature. In the art history, he is no doubt a figure that excellent but be censured, most charming but inexplicable.In Wagner’s late period, the converting to Schopenhauerian is quite vital to his composition, that influence his music form which is shaped by his drama concept tremendous change.G?tterd?mmerung is one production of Wagner’s late work that combined new drama concept with music form, which can be said a trial of his composition. This article aimed at to discuss Wagner’s late music form which not only bring the huge drama expressive force, but also contain the idea of Music is the mother of drama, and Gesamtkunstwerks, and the discussion based on the analysis of his special music form and the intension of drama. Beyond the analysis and the discussion, the author will state the consolidation of his composition practice and his late art concept.There are three chapter in the article. Chapter One discuss the music form which based on the Wagner’s music concept, and the “Music Drama” which developed under the influence of Schopenhauer. And another point is the G?tterd?mmerung is one production of Wagner’s late work that combined new drama concept with music form.Chapter Two is a discussion about the music structure, leti-motive, “unendliche Melodie” that the main music form which construct the drama intension in G?tterd?mmerung. The discussion is upon the analysis of how Wagner use the music structure to build the sequence construction of the drama, how he interpret the meaning of the drama with the leti-motive, and how he promote the drama action with the “unendliche Melodie”. Chapter Three discover the music form of G?tterd?mmerung exhibit the idea of Music is the mother of drama, and Gesamtkunstwerks. And through the discerning of the art idea in the music form, the author try to prove that the composition practice unified with the art idea in Wagner’s late period.