Gesamtkunstwerk
[ guh-zahmt-koonst-verk ]
nounGerman.
total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.
Origin of Gesamtkunstwerk
1First recorded in 1935–40; from German: literally, “total art work”
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