| Development of the Baroque Italian Opera | Vanessa Phillips | | ID # 100114020 | 11/1/2012 | | Development of the Baroque Italian Opera The word "baroque" comes from the Italian word "barocco" which means bizarre. This word was first used to describe the style of architecture mainly in Italy during the 17th and 18th century. Later on the word baroque was used to describe the music styles of the 1600s to the 1700s. The Baroque period was a time when composers experimented with
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Term 4 Beijing Opera Seminar Beijing Opera or Peking Opera has a history of over 200years and is believed to of begun in 1790 during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. During his 55th reign the four largest Huiban opera troupes‚ consisting of 360 individual types of operas‚ combined. After a century of evolving the Beijing Opera was formed as an opera that best represented all of the operas in China. Beijing Opera became a blend of music‚ art‚ acrobatics‚ dance and
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I attended the EIU Wind Symphony concert on December 4‚ 2015. It started seven in the evening and was in Dvorak hall in the Doudna Fine Arts center on Eastern’s campus. Alicia Neal was the conductor of the symphony. It was a symphony composed of some of Eastern’s best music majors and it showed their skill throughout the entire performance. The symphony was composed of woodwinds‚ brass‚ and percussion. On the woodwinds‚ they had piccolos‚ flutes‚ oboes‚ bassoons‚ clarinet‚ bass clarinet‚ alto saxophone
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Special Features of Beijing Opera performance Beijing opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music‚ vocal performance‚ mime‚ dance and acrobatics. The 4 roles in Beijing opera are Sheng(生)，Dan（旦），Jing（净），Chou（丑）. The Dan（旦）refers to any female role in Beijing opera. Dan roles were originally divided into five subtypes. Old women were played by laodan(老旦)，martial women were wudan(武旦)，young female warriors were daomadan， virtuous and elite women were qingyi(青衣)， and vivacious
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MUS HIST 3300/5300 Opera History Spring 2013 Terms and concepts for Midterm For the following terms and concepts from lectures and the assigned chapters in Grout & Williams: please be able to: 1) give a brief definition of each term‚ and 2) relate each term to the repertoire that we have studied Terms‚ by Week/Grout & Williams Chapter: Week 1/Chapter 3-4 Court opera Intermedio Monody (accompanied monody) Giulio Caccini. Le nuove musiche; “recitar cantando‚ cantar recitando”
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a different era. The carpets‚ ceilings‚ walls‚ and lighting made the venue feel like a place with a vast history‚ which it most certainly does. Its history surpasses even that of the symphony. It was originally built in 1882 as the San Bernardino Opera House‚ demolished in 1927‚ and built again in 1928 using it’s current name. In the 1930’s‚ audiences viewed the first screenings of classic films such as “King Kong” and “The Wizard of Oz” at this very theatre. After I explored the venue and took
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OPERA CARMEN The Story of Georges Bizet’s Famous Opera The scene of Carmen takes place in Seville‚ Spain during the mid 19th century. Main Characters of Carmen Carmen (soprano) Don Jose (tenor) El Dancairo (baritone) El Remendado (tenor) Escamillo (baritone) Frasquita (mezzo-soprano) Mercedes (mezzo-soprano) Micaela (soprano) Morales (bass) Zuniga (bass) Carmen - is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac
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I attended The Wind Ensemble on March 9‚ 2016 that took place in San Jose State University Concert Hall. The program was part of San Jose State University School of Music and Dances performances Spring ’16. There were two conductors for this performance‚ Dr. Edward Harris was the director as well as the main conductor of this performance‚ and the graduate conducting associate Paul Herrea. In this ensemble‚ there were two percussion soloists by Professor Galen Lemmon and Anne Hsu‚ an alumni from SJSU
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Huanhuan Ma 12/04/2012 Comic Opera in Classical period The comic opera is a new operatic genre which denotes a dramatic singing of a light natural‚ and earthy comedy‚ usually with a happy ending. The form of comic opera first developed in the early of 17th century. It began to distinguished from other operatic form since in the early 18th century in Naples and Venice. It developed by the poets‚ composers and entrepreneurs that offered social criticism
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Peking Opera Peking Opera is China’s national opera. Opera is so popular in China that they declared a “Peking Opera Month”. Peking Opera has been around for 200 years. “Its main melodies originated from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei respectively and‚ overtime‚ techniques from many other local operas were incorporated”. Peking Opera is said to have come to the front after 1790 when the famous four Anhui opera troupes came to Beijing. Peking Opera was developed quickly over the reign of Emperor
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