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    Constanze Mozart

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    Manneheim with his mother‚ that Mozart first met Constanze’s family‚ the Webers. He fell in love with her eldest sister‚ Aloysia‚ a singer of some promise but little experience. Mozart made grand plans to take her to Italy and start her in a career in opera‚ but his father Leopold‚ who never trusted the Weber family‚ persuaded him against it. A year later Aloysia’s feelings for Mozart had cooled‚ and he wrote to his father on December 29‚ 1778‚ "I can only weep. I have far too sensitive a heart."

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    Moulin Rouge

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    “Le Tango de Roxanne” scene - which is in fact three scenes intercut - contributes to the overall success of Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge in several ways. Specific techniques‚ including lighting and music‚ are vital contributors to the effect of this scene. The long shadows and the cold‚ blue light in the tower are captured by a PAN across the room prior to Satire’s dramatic entrance à la Marlene Dietrich. An ECU of her face shows the minute diamond shapes of which her veil is made‚ suggesting

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    right away I could tell this was going to be good. Bradley’s facial expressions really fit the character and Houston’s demeaner made me believe she was an actual loving mother. Houston’s natural voice is deep‚ so when she began to sing in a high pitch opera style it was very surprising. Bradley’s voice was just as beautiful. I loved how during a scene the piano imitated a mockingbird and wind blowing‚ also‚ the percussion imitated a knocking at the door. The orchestra‚ conducted by‚ Clayton State University

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    Farewell: My Concubine

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    concubine‚ takes place at the Beijing opera training school. The Beijing opera training school is a big traditional house where they train the young boys to become opera stars. This opera house seems to be isolated from the outside with their own sets of rules and ideals set apart from the rest of the world. Even if these rules and ideals are made up of beatings and suffering‚ the boys in the house only had one goal in life‚ which was to become famous opera stars‚ and they would risk anything to

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    Dimitri Shostakovich

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    Bela Bartok and Paul Hindemith visited Russia to perform their own works‚ and Shostakovich toyed openly with these novelties. His first opera‚ The Nose‚ based on the satiric Nikolay Gogol story‚ displayed a thorough understanding of what was popular in Western music combined with his "dry" humor. Not surprisingly‚ Shostakovich ’s undoubtedly finer second opera‚ Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (later renamed Katerina Izmaylova)‚ marked a stylistic retreat. However‚ this new Shostakovich was

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    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 concerts

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    T. Grossi Analysis

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    After writing short dramatic scenes‚ just thirteen years composed the opera in a prologue and two acts‚ Folquet‚ inspired poem T. Grossi libretto brother Alberto‚ who in turn was asserting as librettist and playwright. The work‚ composed in 1892‚ performed only once private‚ however‚ sufficient to reveal the theatrical talent of young composer. D. still left after musical studies to undertake those classics that continue until the beginning university. Then he returned commit himself to music

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    Carmen lives only for sensuality. She goes from one man to another. Carmen knows that she is free to stop relationships if she does not love the man anymore and that is fine‚ because the way she was raised allows her to act that was. She is an independent Gypsy woman. People of Gypsy culture are open-minded and willful. In the culture of the nineteenth century female Gypsies are characterized as strong‚ free-spirited‚ extraordinary‚ and arrogant. The romantic spirit of a Gypsy is considered absolutely

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    exceden las tasas de uso y donde el proceso de manufactura se mide en base a lotes. La pregunta de cuando ordenar debe ser determinada utilizando métodos tales como punto de reorden‚ revisión periódica‚ Kanban o MRP. El tamaño de lote económico opera bajo ciertas suposiciones que no necesariamente son ciertas:‚Demanda constante‚ Manufactura en lotes‚ Los costos y las demoras son conocidas‚ El resurtido es instantáneo. El modelo de tamaño del lote económico tiene el problema de no tomar en cuanta

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    Music played an essential role in Italy during the Renaissance period‚ just as it does in current times. Major changes were made in composing‚ disseminating music‚ new musical genres‚ and the development of instruments. Church music was the most important music for those in the Renaissance. Polyphony‚ the use of different vocal melodies‚ became popular and was used in church choirs. The notation of writing music‚ neumes‚ was constantly changed. Neumes originally only stated the direction of the melody

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