Treitler‚ Leo (ed.). Strunk’s Source Readings in Music History. New York: Norton‚ 1998. Sadie‚ Stanley and Tyrrell‚ John (eds.) The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd ed.. London: Macmillan‚ 2001. ___________ The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan‚ 1992. Heartz‚ Daniel. Haydn‚ Mozart and the Viennese School 1740-80. London: Norton‚ 1995. Hughes‚ Rosemary. Haydn (Master Musicians). London: Dent‚ 1974 (revised ed.). Landon‚ H.C. Robbins. Haydn. London: Faber‚ 1972. Wyn Jones
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Baroque Music Opera was the new musical form of the Baroque period and it was very expressive of the baroque cultural values. By then end of the operatic form was stylized into a recipe‚ including improbable plots‚ small motivations for the characters‚ and magical transformations‚ which were signs of opera’s baroque nature. Oprheus united drama‚ dance‚ elaborate stage mechanisms‚ and scenery with music. Johann Sebastian Bach was one artist whose greatest legacy was religious music. His works
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Emily Wilson October 10th‚ 2014 Professor Cruz Art into History Greek and Roman Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art has many different exhibits with ancient portraits‚ sculptures‚ steles‚ freezes‚ paintings and many more. The Greek and Roman exhibit was very interesting. The way the Greeks and Romans portrayed their feelings and life experiences through art is very diverse. During my visit to Metropolitan‚ I had gone for a tour of this exhibit and was amazed by the works of art I was seeing. Just
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3. Typical forms/structures: Opera‚ Oratorio‚ Fugue‚ Suite‚ Sonata‚ Concerto 4. Composers and their works/pieces: Purcell – Dido and Aeneas Vivaldi – The four seasons J. S Bach – Mass in B Minor Monteverdi – L’Orfeo Handel – Messiah Domenico Scarlatti – Keyboard Sonatas J. S Bach – The well – tempered clavier Romantic (1810 – 1900) 2. Instruments: Full Orchestra‚ Concert Grand Piano‚ Violin‚ Cor Anglais 3. Typical forms/structures: Opera‚ Music Drama‚ Programme Music‚ Song
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masterpieces‚ but the one we will be focusing on today is his Le Nozze di Figaro or The Marriage of Figaro. The play was composed and written by Mozart. The Marriage of Figaro was an opera buffa meaning that the main point of the play was for comedy and to make the audience laugh. This play was unique compared to other opera buffas
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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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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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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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