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    the very popular caricature state of opera styles‚ with pieces like Orpheo De Euridice‚ in France and Italy‚ and the prominence of his role in the music continuum because of his interacting with composers such as Hayden‚ Sammartini and‚ Antonio Salieri ‚ I will argue that Christoph Willibald Ritter Von Gluck is the most important and influential person for opera in the Early Classical Period. I believe that the reason that Gluck tried to lead the charge of Opera Reform was that he saw many different

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    Italy

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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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    different from each other. While someone singing the others were waiting on the right side of the stage. That made me confused because it seems like a choir but only one singing. We listened compilation of different songs that taken from different operas. Listening different stories from different talents was an outstanding experience. It was hard to believe that only a piano companied the singers because of the deepness of the sound. When I close my eyes it sound me like a little orchestra. Most

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    The German Singspiel

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    in comic opera; the Italian Opera Buffa‚ the French Opera-Comique‚ and the English Ballad Opera. This was a musical form that famously known for its light quality‚ and its incorporation of German folk songs and themes that were taken from popular literature. For most of the eighteenth century‚ the German Singspiel was written for a lowbrow audience‚ which was lighthearted and could be put on by actors that didn’t have the extensive musical training that was required by the Italian Opera Seria or

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    In the last century‚ two musicals have stood out from there comic counterparts. Les Misérables and West Side Story tell more serious stories and have captivated audiences with revivals and film versions. Both are based on classic literature‚ and share universal and relatable social problems. West Side Story created by Lenard Bernstein‚ Steven Sondheim‚ Arthur Laurents‚ and Jerome Robbins tell the story of Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York. Les Misérables by Composer Claude-Michael Schonberg and

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    Music Appreciation: a Guide

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    Music Appreciation Study Sheet Properties of Sound: 1. Pitch- Frequency of vibrations ● Overtones (makes up pitches). They are responsible for our unique voiceprint. They are located above the fundamental. ● Everyone has a unique voice print 2. Timbre- Color and quality. A tool by which we identify different voices and instruments. Very subjective- differently interpreted and heard and described. Ex: Gloomy‚ dark‚ clear‚ bright‚ harsh‚ rough‚ delicate‚ wide‚ narrow. ● Every person in the

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    classical opera as a humorous‚ satirical‚ and wholly grotesque perversion of the genre is something very rarely seen. György Ligeti presents this stylistic humor in his only opera‚ La grand macabre‚ which tells the perplexing story of borderline death and possible destruction of the fictional country of Brueghelland and its citizens. “Mysteries of the Macabre” is a three-part aria found in the second act‚ which features the anxious Chief of Secret Political Police‚ who at this point of the opera is trying

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    the folklorist nationalism that reveal these early scores‚ inspired by themes‚ melodies‚ rhythms and turns Andalusian or Castilian‚ to a nationalism that sought inspiration in the musical tradition of the Spanish Golden Age and responding to puppet opera El retablo de Maese Pedro‚ one of his most praised works‚ and the Concerto for harpsichord and five instruments. How did the composer;s music influence his or her contemporaries (use musical and visual examples): As a tribute to his artistic work

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    a new vocal style based on o. Music of the ancient Greeks 16.) Orpheus goes to Hades in hope of bringing who back to life p. Eurydice 17.) In an opera what happens first q. The Overture 18.) The introduction to the overture is called r. The Prelude 19.) In an opera‚ what is an

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    A striking departure from the thematic regularity of most operas of his time‚ Mozart’s Don Giovanni‚ presented Europe with a brash new outlook of nobility. The opera’s plot‚ based around the licentious actions of Spanish aristocrat Don Giovanni‚ begins with Giovanni’s rape of Donna Anna‚ the future bride of Don Ottavio‚ and subsequent murder of her father. From the commencement‚ it is apparent that Giovanni follows his own set of perverted morals unlike those common to society. His servant Leperello

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