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Baroque Music Wonderful Election Analysis
I would like to start saying that I really enjoyed listening these two examples of baroque music, wonderful election. It was really interesting to observe two women signing as lovers in the first piece Pur ti miro, pur ti godo by Monteverdi, one of them replacing as the professor said before the castrato voice. I think I really got caught by this piece because the letter is in italian, which I can understand. I think this piece has a polyphonic texture because the voices complement each other. I have never been in an opera before but this presentation was absolutely joyful. According to this video I think opera is magnificent because is a conjunction of emotions where acting, singing and dancing play an important role. The

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