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Gesamtkunstwerk

[ guh-zahmt-koonst-verk ]

noun

, German.
  1. total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gesamtkunstwerk1

First recorded in 1935–40; from German: literally, “total art work”

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