was born on the 17th of June in 1882. He was raised in the small town of Oranienbaum‚ Russia. He was raised by his mother and father who were both musicians. His father was a bass singer in the opera and his mother was a well renounced pianist. As a small child Igor was interested in music‚ he attended operas and ballets on many occasions. He took
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For my capstone performance I have selected four pieces of vocal literature: The Monk and His Cat by Samuel Barber‚ Si mes vers avaient des ailes by Reynaldo Hahn‚ Una donna a quindici anni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ and V’adoro Pupille by George Frideric Handel. This repertoire includes a variety of pieces in different styles and languages‚ and overall I believe it encompasses my work as a classical vocalist. The Monk and His Cat is a 9th century Irish poem set to music by 20th century American
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Joshua Garcia Music 061 William R. Shannon Mon - Tue – Wed Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri is a songwriter who composed classical music mostly in the 18th century. Antonio Salieri was born on August 18‚ 1750 in the little Italian town of Legnago‚ which was part of the Venetian territory (Hille). Salieri was always into music even at an early age. He would listen to his brother play‚ who was a very good violinist‚ and was always anxious to hear him play at mass or at town events. "Misfortune
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During the Classical era‚ two of the world’s greatest composers emerged: Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Many people have heard of these men‚ but not many know the bumpy road they traveled to become world renowned. While both of these men are revered for their contributions to classical music‚ they each went about it differently. Moreover‚ both men had musical family backgrounds and knew music from a young age. Beethoven had many struggles‚ both physical and emotional‚ that he had
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music had died out when he was a young man and wanted to bring it back to life but in his own way with new spectacular types of romantic music the world had never heard. He made amazing ballets like Swan Lake‚ The Nutcracker‚ Sleeping Beauty‚ The Opera Queen of Spades‚ The Sixth Symphony‚ etc. All of these symphonies had major impacts in the music world‚ which i`ll get into
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Dancing Through the Night and All That Jazz From the very beginning of the 1800’s‚ musicals and operas have always been an interesting and popular source of entertainment. With the introduction to film and the use a vitaphone in the early 1900’s‚ the production of musical films were created. A musical film had the actors singing songs that are related in with the storyline. In the years of silent films‚ musical films were unable to be produce because the audience would be unable to hear the actor’s
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Mercury‚ who goes to Aeneas and reminds him of his obligation to the gods to discover Rome. Dido‚ devastated that her beloved Aeneas must leave her to fulfill his commitment to the gods‚ decides to take her own life by throwing herself on a fire. The opera ends with Dido’s Lament‚ written for instruments common of the era and a solo female voice. It opens with a recitative sung by Dido to her handmaiden Belinda. She expresses with desperation that she cannot go on living without Aeneas. The melody
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He wrote 48 operas- some of which were in collaboration with other composers. 59 secular cantatas and serenatas. 100 were separate arias. 2 were oratorios. There were 60 0ther works of vocal sacred music. 78 were sonatas. 21 were sinfonias. Finally 456 were concertos. Today the vocal music of Vivaldi is little known. But‚ in his day he was famous and successful as an opera composer. Vivaldi was also one of the great violin virtuosos of his time
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is supposed to be drama. This composition genre is an oratorio‚ which is a large-scale dramatic genre originating in the Baroque. Baroque is based on text of religious or serious character‚ performed by solo voices‚ chorus‚ and orchestra; similarto opera but without scenery‚ costumes‚ or actions. This specific oratorio is different because this composition is in three parts but is compilation of biblical verses from Old and New Testaments. The text for “Rejoice greatly” is actually from the New Testament
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The Oglethorpe University Singers and the Oglethorpe Chorale performed the concert at Conant Performing Arts Center on Friday‚ November 1‚ 2015‚ at 8 pm. The concert setting was smaller than the other venues we visited for previous concerts. The room was semi-lit‚ and classmates filled the concert hall. The concert conventions were not surprising as we have attended other concerts‚ and the conventions were the same. The Oglethorpe Singer and the Oglethorpe Chorale performance was excellent‚ they
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