Christianity he was baptized on January 1‚ 1618 in Seville Spain. Murillo was the son of Maria Peres‚ his mother and Gasper Esteban his father who was a barber and surgeon in Seville Spain‚ Murillo had 13 siblings and he was the youngest one of them all. Murillo was eventually adopted by his relatives because he was not able to provide for himself when his parents died unlike his older siblings‚ at the age of eleven his uncle J.A. Lagares a barber who was married had adopted him. Within a year of
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A Journey To The Kingdom of Spain In the summer of 2010 when final exams were over and the holiday had just started‚ my friends and I planned a ten-day-trip to Spain‚ which we were all excited about. A dream was finally fulfilled after having such a wonderful trip; however‚ we also encountered some terrible and scary phases. This adventure was the most memorable‚ for me‚ and one which we all learned from. I think everyone could learn from our bad experiences to prevent experiencing what we faced
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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 composer Samuel Barber. It is part of a larger cycle of songs for
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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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and write operas. In the early part of Handel ’s life he spent time playing the organ for the Calvinist Cathedral. After his stay with the Calvinist Cathedral‚ Handel played violin and harpsichord for the only opera company in Germany that existed outside the royal courts‚ and also taught private lessons. Having inspiration from playing in an opera‚ George Handel wrote his first opera‚ Almira in 1704. Handel found great success in his opera. The opera was performed
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George Frideric Handel was born on February 23‚ 1685‚ in Halle‚ Saxony‚ Germony to Georg and Dorothea Handel. Even as a small child Handel was very interested in learning music‚ but his father who was a barber-surgeon‚ was against his son playing music. At the age of seven Handel was given the chance to play in front of the duke’s court in Weissenfels. Another composer by the name of Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow noticed Handel and was very impressed with his performance. Zachow decided to take Handel
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He was the son of a barber-surgeon who wanted him to study law‚ but he allowed him to study music. His family was not musically inclined‚ but Handel was attracted to music and opera at a young age. He became a student of Zachow‚ the principal organist in Halle. When he was seventeen‚ he was appointed organist of the Calvinist Cathedral‚ but a year later he left for Hamburg. At age eighteen he moved to Hamburg‚ the center of German opera at the time. He got a job in the opera orchestra playing the
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international fame during a period of racial change in the 1950s and 60s‚ and was the first African-American to become a leading prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera. Leontyne’s first important stage performance was as Mistress Ford in a 1952 student production of Verdi’s Falstaff. Shortly after‚ Virgil Thomson hired her for the revival of his all-black opera‚ Four Saints in Three Acts. After a two-week Broadway run‚ the Saints went to Paris. Meanwhile‚ she had been cast as Bess in the Blevins Davis/Robert
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The Baroque musical period dates from the end of the Renaissance era‚ approximately 1600 to the beginning of the Classical music era‚ around 1750. The baroque musical era is notable for many changes in the arts including the development of the opera and the castrato. The castrato‚ introduced to the society during the 16th century‚ famously known for their male sopranos with voices of great range‚ flexibility and power. Also known as the castrati‚ these male singers were castrated
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was very important during the baroque ear due to his mastery of the Italian concerto and his involvement in operas. Vivaldi remains relevant in modern times as the concerto is still a hugely popular genre for composers. A concerto refers to an instrumental work written specifically for a soloist or multiple soloists and a large ensemble. Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678. His father was barber and played the violin in the orchestra of the Cathedral of San Marco. All his life‚ Vivaldi had health problems
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