Throughout the centuries‚ composers have endeavored to capture human emotions in their work. Nowhere is this struggle more evident than in the works of operatic composers‚ who tailor their music to forcefully convey the poetry for which they write. An invaluable tool to these composers is harmonic language‚ helping to express desires and forces of good and evil underneath the plain and simple language of the text. Harmonic language encompasses several aspects of music‚ including the major or minor
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Romantic Period 1820-1900 General Notes: • Cultural Movement that stressed ⁃ Emotion ⁃ Imagination ⁃ Individualism Diverse and Complex • Fascination with Fantasy • Revered ⁃ Middle Ages ⁃ Chivalry ⁃ Romance • Inspired by ⁃ Medieval Folk Ballads ⁃ Tales of Fantasy ⁃ Adventure • Coincided with the Industrial ⁃ Revolution Visual Arts of the Period: • Most important influence on painters and sculptures was Nature Music in Society: ⁃ Making
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During the Romantic era‚ nationalism proved to be a major influence of the relationship between composers and their music. The political unrest all over Europe provoked many forms of nationalism. The Romantic composers of this era expressed their sense of nationalism in many ways. One way that composers showed this was basing their music on the songs and dances of their people‚ such as Chopin in his mazurkas. Also‚ composers wrote dramatic works based on folklore and symphonic poems or operas
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Romantic era of music. Some of the most influential composers during the 19th century that we discussed were Franz Schubert‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Robert Schumann‚ Carl Weber‚ Richard Wagner‚ Gioachino Rossini‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Franz Liszt‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Anton Bruckner‚ Modest Mussorgsky‚ and Peter Tchaikovsky. Schubert composed in all genres but the concerto. He was best known for his ideal in writing over 600 lieder! His harmonic innovations and melodic developments
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turned into an opera. Verdi wrote the opera with librettists Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei. The opera was written around 1846 and premiered on March 14‚ 1847 at the Teatro dell Pergola in Florence‚ Italy. A few years later the Verdi revised the opera adding a ballet into it and taking out some things and was performed at the Teatre Lyrique in Paris on April 21‚ 1865. This opera in comparison to the play begins with the third scene of the play. Unlike some of Verdi and other composer ’s
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Italy "Si può avere l’universo se posso avere l’Italia" -You may have the universe if I may have Italy. -Giuseppe Verdi‚ Italy is often perceived to be one of the most beautiful and romantic countries. With its astonishing sceneries‚ fascinating history‚ unique culture‚ and sophisticated economy. Italy is also prominently known as a tourist destination and an artistically profound country. Italy is a country of uniqueness and creativity. Italy has a diverse range of gorgeous scenery that draws
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Some were holding champagne glass or a whiskey glass. The bell rung and every person knew that it was time to go to their seats. The performance I attended was called La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi‚ and it was played for the last time of this opera season‚ so the place was sold out. The cast was made up of some of the most known opera singers‚ Carmen Giannattasio‚ James Courtney‚ Atalla Ayan‚ and many others. I was surprised
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Manuel Maria de los Dolores Falla Matheu (Cádiz‚ November 23‚ 1876 - Alta Gracia‚ Argentina‚ November 14‚ 1946) was a Spanish composer. Representative of musical nationalism‚ is one of the most important Spanish composers of the early twentieth century‚ with Isaac Albéniz‚ Enrique Granados‚ Joaquin Turina and Joaquin Rodrigo. Musical nationalism refers to the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country‚ region‚ or ethnicity‚ such as folk tunes and melodies‚ rhythms
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Recognize the structure‚ sculpture or painting (There will be 15. I will provide the names of the artists.) Chapters 10- 11 1. El Greco: The Burial of Count Orgaz [pic] 2. Diego Velazquez: Las Meninas [pic] 3. Bernini: Colonnade of St. Peter’s; David [pic] [pic] 3. Caravaggio: The Calling of St. Matthew [pic] 4. Peter Paul Rubens: Henry IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de Medici [pic] 5. Johannes Vermeer: The Milkmaid [pic] 6. Rembrandt: The Nightwatch
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operas have ballets‚ or dancing acts that are made apart of the story. Before the opera begins‚ the orchestra plays an overture that is made up of the best melodies used in the opera. The most popular writers of opera were an Italian‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ whose operas include Aida‚ Rigoletto‚ Il Trovatore‚ La Traviata‚ and several others that have remained popular for years. The most popular single opera is Carmen‚ by Georges Bizet‚ a Frenchman. Nearly all great composers wrote operas. The music
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