Monteverdi’s Lamento della ninfa is an excellent example of what a lament should be. A lament is always an expression of grief or sorrow and usually over a loss of love. This loss of love may be due to the death of the loved one or betrayal (such is this case). The lament is not a complaint about unhappy or unrequited love‚ but it is a manifestation of sadness. In most cases‚ Lamento della ninfa included‚ the lamenter is tormented simultaneously by the past‚ present‚ and future: the memories
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Italian people are known around the world… n La MUSICA‚ l’Opera‚ Historically‚ Opera has been a big part of Italian society. Opera music was founded in Italy in 1607 to “commemorate the annual festival of Mantua” (Kwintessential‚ 2010) In the late 18th century‚ the very dramatic “Opera buffa‚”meaning “comic Opera” became popular. Opera is still a major part of Italian society; and many of today’s famous Opera singers come from Italy n n n n + The power of the music
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most famous composers of this generation. He is arguably best known for his stage/film adaptations of Cats and Phantom of the Opera. He has won many awards for his work and a variety of honors. Lloyd Webber made a huge impact in theatre. Early Life First things first‚ Lloyd Webber was born on March 22nd‚ 1948 in London‚ England. Everyone in his immediate family were involved with music in some way. His dad was the direction at a music college
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Composer and pianist Ludwig Van Beethoven‚ who is commonly considered the greatest composer of all time‚ was born on or about December 16‚ 1770. He was born in the city of Bonn‚ Germany to the parents of Maria Magdalena van Beethoven and Johann van Beethoven. However‚ his exact date of birth is uncertain‚ Beethoven was baptized on December 17‚ 1770. It was a law that babies be baptized within twenty-four hours of birth‚ however‚ Beethoven believed he was born in 1772 even when provided official
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Prix de Rome. (Nichols) Also in 1893‚ Büsser was appointed as organist of Saint Cloud [a position which he held for 30 years]. “In 1900‚ Büsser was appointed conductor at the Théatre du Château-d’Eau” and in 1905 was appointed as the conductor at the Opéra-Comique‚ succeeding Taffanel‚ also acting as director from 1939 to 1941. Büsser “the Conservatoire from 1904‚ becoming
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stopped.The Ukrainian folk songs inspired famous composers in their work. One can hear the spiritual music of Ukrainian composers (D. Bortniansky‚ M. Berezovsky‚ A. Vedel) in different churches of the world.In S. Hulak-Artemovsky’s and M. Lysenko’s operas Ukrainian character and spirit‚ tender lyrics and patriotism are presented.The most famous among the Ukrainian musical companies are State Academical capella "Dumka" and State Academical National Choir of G. Veryovka‚ State Academical Ensemble of
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Lend Me a Tenor is a comedy written by Ken Ludwig‚ which follows Max‚ an assistant to the producer‚ who is convinced to impersonate international opera star Tito Merelli in order to save the show when Tito is found dead. However‚ everything is not as it seems‚ and chaos soon ensues as the characters have various exchanges with both the real Tito‚ who turns out to be alive‚ and Max. This play was first produced at the London Globe Theatre in London in 1986 and made its way to Broadway three years
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perfect but it is also the voice of the women that can be still heard in the Chopin’s musical composition. So Rhodes went onto a journey to discover the women behind whose voice had such inspiration and effect on the Chopin composition. In his journey‚ opera singer‚ Natalya Romania helped a young rising. Both of them played some of the signature compositions of the Chopin within this documentary. Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist in the romantic era. The shy and private‚ Chopin composed
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did a great job directing F. Murray Abraham (Salieri) and Tom Hulce (Mozart) to stardom. They make the two and half-hours of wigs‚ wigs‚ opera‚ and more wigs bearable. Together they bring the silver screen alive and take us from our era into that of Mozart very seamlessly. The sets are amazing‚ with great attention to detail and depth. The scenes where the operas take place are very well set up‚ and they fit in nicely with the time period. The costumes‚ too‚ are quite the feat. The many layers (of
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This week’s material was light‚ all of it relating to the rise of opera. To help understand the influences that allowed for opera to emerge‚ two late madrigals were presented. Monteverdi’s Cruda Amarilli highlighted how the harmonic language of seconda practica broke existing harmonic rules to express the text. Most of the expression presents itself through dissonances on words such as "amaramente" and "l’aspido‚" all relating to the feelings of discord or distress. The second piece was Caccini’s
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