one: Paraphrase – Summary – Direct Quotation) “Musical art owes practically the whole of its progress during the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first of the twentieth to two fertilizing influences: that of folk music and amazing opera” (Cooper 34). (Circle one: Paraphrase – Summary – Direct Quotation) [Body Paragraph 2] Topic Sentence for Second Major Topic: Music becomes more upbeat and urban due to social advancement; composers can now their identity through their
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A man known for composing brilliant instrumental music for most of his career‚ made a huge step in the world of opera on 7 May 1783. It was on this date which Mozart wrote a letter to his father with the intentions of his next composition. In the coming years this spectacle would become Mozart’s 18th Operatic Work and 11th in Italian‚ Le Nozze di Figaro. Already having 10 Italian Operas accredited to his name Le Nozze di Figaro seemed to be Mozart’s greatest operatic challenge to date. The Burgtheater
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began writing music that was geared towards the middle class because they could make a better living if they enjoyed the music being played. They wrote music that was easier for their students to understand and play. Serious music changed into comic operas‚ or popular folk tunes‚ and dance music. This was a good thing it shaped dance and music forever. Mozart and Beethoven were both master composers in the 18th century classical music era. Classical music emphasized the different moods of music throughout
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Amadeus Milos Forman’s movie Amadeus produced in 1984 is both great as far as theatrics go and telling a story‚ but ultimately rather portrays an inaccurate depiction of Mozart’s life. Told from the flash back perspective of an aged Antonio Salieri in an insane asylum to a priest for a confession‚ the movie reveals Antonio’s introduction to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ his professional career with Mozart‚ and his bitter rivalry and betrayal of Mozart. The film depicts an inaccurate account of Mozart’s
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The Italian Renaissance occurred from 1550 - 1700. The rapid economic growth in Italy during this time made it possible for the more wealthy citizens to endulge in alternate forms of entertainment. Wealthy families such as the Medicis began a system of patronage‚ in which they would finance artists to produce art in many forms. Italian theatre used the plays of ancient Greek and Roman theatre (dramas) as well as mediaeval theatre (religious plays) as a foundation. Commedia dell’Arte The main style
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name was‚ Johannes Chrysos Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Wolfgang was considered as a child prodigy because at the age of five he composed his first piece of music‚ at the age of seven he had his first piece of music published‚ and he wrote his first opera at the age of twelve. Not to mention‚ at the age of nine he gave recitals in London. Some people thought he was a midget‚ because no one thought a child so young could possibly play a harpsichord so well. As Mozart got older he moved
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Isabel Allende writes about Maurizia Rugieri and her struggle for the spotlight and attention. Allende creates a really dislikable character out of Maurizia. From the beginning‚ Maurizia is portrayed as a spoiled and bratty person. With details like “she spoke with unexpected hauteur” and “she left… dragging the doll by one foot”‚ the reader can get a sense this young girl is used to having things her way and would grow into being that way into adulthood. Allende portrays her main character as even
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Introduction 1) How can a uniform define your life? 2) Catholic school uniform‚ job uniform‚ and performance uniform 3) Uniforms have and will define my life in many ways through a Catholic school uniform‚ a job uniform‚ and a performance uniform Body 1) Catholic school uniform A. Was not in my choosing B. Transition to job uniform by saying that it is time to move up a step from school life to working life. 2) Job uniform A. One of my choosing B. Transition to performance
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Verdi: Hitting Close to Home Italian born Giuseppe Verdi was in his musical prime when his Nabucco premiered in the world famous La Scala in Milan‚ Italy in March of 1842. This classic Italian opera‚ complete with an over the top sibling rivalry‚ death‚ deceit‚ and uncontrollable puppy love present in any melodramatic love story‚ is a holy derivation of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews in the 6th Century BC. When Verdi premiered Nabucco in the then-Austrian-occupied-Italy‚ the Italian spectators
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Cassandra Willhite MUS 101 Ms. O’Connell October 23‚ 2014 The Opera Die Walküre In act one‚ the opera starts with a storm. The young man Siegmund is out in the storm and comes to a house. The house belongs to Hunding who lives there with his wife Sieglinde. Siegmund and Sieglinde are twins who were separated as children‚ so neither of them knows who the other one is. Their father is Wotan‚ the chief god‚ but they don’t know this either. Their mother was a mortal (an ordinary person‚ not a goddess)
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