Oratorio and cantata were two genres that re-emerged in the first half of the eighteenth century. They were already important musical alternatives to opera by the mid-seventeenth century‚ but differed in nearly every respect from the genres of the same names found in the early eighteenth century. As genres late in the period‚ they both bespoke the traditions from which they originally sprang and permitted new recombination of the musical elements of these same traditions. The oratorio and cantata
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of 1724‚ Bach developed a cantata format after his arrival in Leipzig‚ and cantats became an important part of life for the people of 17th century. Meine Seel erhebt den Herren is part of a second annual cycle of 40 church cantatas composed for the choristers of the Thomaskirche. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren was a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment‚ typically in several movements‚ which were sung by professional musicians accompanied by choir. Cantatas were religious text messages
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1. A cantata is a result of the Reformation movement and its creation is accredited to the Lutheran Church. The cantata is the result of many composers and poets of the time elaborating and modifying the Lutheran chorales‚ congregational hymns that were specific to every Sunday service of the Lutheran church‚ by incorporating their own lines of poetry or ornamenting the melody in order to express and elaborate the message from the original hymn. A very well known adopter of the cantata was Johann
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concerning the genre of vocal music‚ religious music cannot be overlooked as well as the opera. In this age‚ not only liturgical music which is from the Middle Ages such as the Mass music and Magnificat‚ but peculiar music of baroques such oratorio and the church cantata were also invented‚ while there was antagonism between Catholic and Protestant. Even in the music for liturgical of the church‚ it tended to opera or a dramatic style. It was the feature of the Catholic Church music of the baroque period
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Brittany Pacheco Writing 3: Opera Opera‚ starting out the Baroque period‚ stemmed from Humanism in the Renaissance era. Opera went back to wanting to make people have a emotional response to the music they were listening to through the musical devices that they used to write the music. They were becoming obsessed again with the Greek style of music however‚ they wanted to make it better and so they came up with some of their own new developments for example‚ one device they used was the stile
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Beijing Opera (or Peking Opera) has existed for over 200 years. It is widely regarded as the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It is known as one of the three main theatrical systems in the world. Artistically‚ Beijing Opera is perhaps the most refined form of opera in the world. It has deeply influenced the hearts of the Chinese people. Although it is called Beijing Opera‚ its origins are not in Beijing but in the Chinese provinces of Anhui and Hubei. Beijing Opera got its two main melodies
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HISTORIA DI JEPHTE: AN ORATORIO LATINO BY CARISSIMI Oratorios are similar to operas but based off of a religious topic.1 One example of an oratorio is Historia di Jephte. Historia di Jephte is an oratorio latino by Roman composer Giacomo Carissimi during the 17th century.2 Carissimi was successful creating the greatest possible sense of drama with out action.3 ORATORIO IN THE 17TH CENTURY An oratorio is basically an opera with a sacred topic. Oratorios can also be thought of as spiritual
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The Beggar’s Opera Satire‚ an element used throughout the eighteenth century‚ was very popular in literary works. Generally‚ satire is used by the author to poke fun or criticize the faults of the government‚ a certain social class‚ or a certain person or group of people. In John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera‚ the text is layered with many different themes‚ but one theme Gay appears to be frustrated with is the morality of high society and uses satire to reveal the dysfunction of marriage in
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The Beijing Opera Introduction Modern observers in the West may not understand why‚ but they can certainly recognize when males are used to portray female roles in the Chinese theater. A quote from Act 2 Scene 7 of David Henry Hwang ’s opera‚ “Madam Butterfly‚” provides a useful example of how and why males are used to play female roles. There‚ a male singer who plays female roles in Beijing Opera deceives a French diplomat into thinking he actually is a woman. He explains that males take
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Soap Operas In our life soap operas are very popular. Many people find them enjoyable and realistic‚ but some people don’t think so. There are as much opinions about soap operas as people. I can’t say that soap operas are good or bad. I think that there are some advantages and disadvantages and now I will discuss them. On the one hand‚ soap operas can help us have a good spare time‚ because usually they are very interesting and true-to-life. Another good thing is that soap operas can wake our feelings
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