Pilarski ENC 1101 13 July 2011 The Music of the Night In operas‚ either people love them or hate them. Play and song writer Andrew Lloyd Webber portrays a new light on opera in the famous musical The Phantom of the Opera. In scene five of the musical where the Phantom of the Paris Opera House sings a romantic melody entitled “The Music of The Night” to the orphaned ballerina dancer Christine Daae‚ he is telling her to “Close
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Maria Barthélemon: Child Prodigy and Composer When looking through history we can see many composers throughout time. Most early composers were men but in the 1700s a shift was made and women started composing more music. There are many famous men and woman who composed music during the 1700s‚ I am going to focus on Maria Barthélemon. She was not only a composer but was a very successful singer and keyboard player throughout Ireland‚ London‚ France‚ and Italy. She has only a few surviving works
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play at age three and was beginning to compose by age five‚ Mozart performed in all the major courts of Europe before he was ten years old. As an adult‚ Mozart wrote and performed works in every major genre of classical music—concertos‚ symphonies‚ operas‚ string quartets‚ and sonatas. Mozart the man continues to be a subject of fascination because he has been presented in popular media as the “unappreciated genius” of his time‚ a perception that is not quite true. Essential Facts 1. Mozart
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the age of six‚ he was a budding composer and accomplished musician. In 1762‚ his father presented his son as a performer to the imperial court in Vienna‚ and from 1763 to 1766‚ he took both children on a musical tour across Europe ( Crane Arizona Opera ). Wolfgang became the most celebrated child prodigy of his time as a keyboard performer with a great impression too‚ as a composer and improviser. Wolfgang adapted quickly to the high lifestyle through engagements with the French and English royal
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Baroque era was opera. Opera in the Baroque era had many different arts in music‚ drama‚ poetry‚ and dancing. Architecture in the Baroque era interacted with the music and was influenced by historic features of the era. Features in dynamic and dramatic elements were visible to both music and architecture. Composers contributed to instrumental music. Instrumental music had three developments. The first development of instrumental music was dance. Dance had a unique momentum from opera. With ballet being
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comparison‚ this was the second highest for any genre across BBC One‚ with News only being slightly ahead by 3%. (Reid and Vagg‚ 2010‚ p.20-21.). This study shows the dominance of soap opera within Britain as BBC is one of the main providers for British television originals. With this data‚ it is safe to conclude that soap operas are a major part of British society and in that create core values and ideologies through how we should behave and act. Storylines are tackling real-life issues‚ and although exaggerated
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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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English Speech: Matthew Condon’s ’The Trout Opera’ The Australian Curriculum website says: “Texts are chosen because they are judged to have potential for enriching the lives of students‚ expanding the scope of their experience‚ and because they represent effective and interesting features of form and style. It builds students’ knowledge about how language can be used for aesthetic ends‚ to create particular emotional‚ intellectual or philosophical effects.“ From ‘http://www.australiancurriculum
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Samuel Barber Samuel Barber was one of the most distinguished composers in 20th century America. He was an American composer of piano‚ opera‚ choral‚ and orchestral music. Barber is generally associated with being a Romantic composer. Over his lifetime‚ Barber wrote over one hundred songs along with his major compositions. Also in his career‚ he won two Pulitzer Prize’s. His lyrical and compositional uniqueness and ability is still astonishing to this day. He had a natural ability to write songs
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with‚ and to places he went. One of the people he studied under‚ according to Nohl‚ was a teacher of Italian opera named Nicolo Porpora. The Italian opera dominated Europe during that time. Fluid melodies along with clear and simple harmonic structure were the main points of the school. There were many works of the Italian opera made for the Prince at that time. Haydn had to compose operas for special events including marriages
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