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    1 Middle East • 3.2 Iran • 3.3 India and Pakistan • 3.4 China • 3.5 Thailand • 3.6 Cambodia • 3.7 Japan 4 Philippines performing arts • Theatre • Dance • Music Performing arts include dance‚ music‚ opera‚ theatre‚ magic‚ Spoken word‚ circus arts and musical theatre. Artists who participate in performing arts in front of an audience are called: Performers - including actors‚ comedians‚ dancers‚ magicians‚ musicians‚ and singers Performing arts

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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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    Classic Songs 1. The Phantom of the Opera (Woman) In sleep he sang to me in dreams he came That voice which calls to me and speaks my name And do I dream again? For now I find The Phantom of the Opera is there inside my mind (Man) Sing once again with me our strange duet My power over you grows stronger yet And though you turn from me to glance behind The Phantom of the Opera is there inside your mind (Woman) Those who have seen your face draw back in fear I am the mask you wear

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    You can see the influence of the traditional and Mediterranean culture on the inhabitants of central and southern Iraq. In southern Italy‚ most people are more brown and darker hair. In the north‚ however‚ they tend to be taller‚ blonder hair and lighter eyes. If from north to south‚ the Italians have one thing in common-a love of life-they are also sociable and have a passion for what they do. They talk a lot and pretty gesture. The Italians are not afraid of showing emotions‚ give hugs‚ kisses

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    concert features the WLU Symphony Orchestra‚ Paul Pulford as the conductor‚ Samantha Lee as the guest pianist‚ and a special guest‚ soprano Jane Archibald. A total of 6 pieces were played during the concert‚ with one being a Concerto and the rest being Operas. Out of all the pieces played‚ I liked the third piece Carmen: Suite No. 1 by Georges Bizet the most. This piece has 6 movements‚ and out of all the movements‚ I enjoyed the last movement‚ Les Toréadors the most. The mood of this movement is very

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    main dilemmas was not being able to raise enough money to pay for his operas. "Given the high cost of such an undertaking and the tough competition among composers to have their work produced‚ it is no wonder Vivaldi ended up in disputes.” “62 years old‚ tired and out of money” (Arts Alive‚ n.d) Even though the lack of funding almost stopped him from performing his operas‚ he persevered through and was able to put on many operas in his lifetime. He not only faced professional problems‚ he also had

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    brilliant and innovated the way we read and see music today. 2. An oratorio is the musical setting of a long sacred or epic text; it is performed in concert by a narrator‚ soloists‚ chorus‚ and orchestra. Like operas‚ oratorios are large in scale and dramatic in intent but‚ unlike opera‚ they are produced without scenery‚ costumes‚ or dramatic action (72). This is comparable to the “Baroque sensibility” because the purpose of Baroque composers music was to create visual pictures in people’s minds

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    sister‚ Maria Anna‚ who was also a child prodigy. Wolfgang began writing his own music at a very young age: at the age of four‚ Mozart wrote his first concerto‚ age seven‚ his first symphony‚ and at age 12‚ his first opera‚ which is said to be "Apollo et Hyacinthus." After performing an opera‚ "La Finta Semplice" (The Simple Pretense)‚ at the palace of the Archbishop of Salzburg‚ he was appointed concertmaster. Moreover‚ Mozart never made copies of his work. He would simply hear music in his head‚ and

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    orchestral suite were performed for the first time; however‚ the ballet‚ based on Alexandre Dumas’ lighter adaption of the fantasy story‚ The Nutcracker and the Mouse King‚ by E.T.A. Hoffman‚ premiered on December 18‚ 1892 along with Tchaikovsky’s opera‚ Iolanta‚ at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg‚ Russia (Schwarm). Originally‚ the ballet was not popular; however‚ it

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    Music?). The composers used a single voice that was accompanied by instruments‚ as well as specifying the instruments used‚ to capture the importance of the relationship between tonic and dominant chords. Vivaldi used these techniques to compose many operas‚ concertos‚ and church music that helped shape a new era of music. Born in Venice‚ Italy‚ on March 4‚ 1678‚ Antonio Vivaldi was one of nine children of Giovanni Battista‚ a professional

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