History Manila Grand Opera Hotel The Manila Grand Opera House was built in the mid-19th century as the H.T. Hashim’s National Cycle Track‚ a circular wooden structure with a nipa roof. 1890‚ the name was changed to the Teatro Nacional (National Theater)‚ where the Russian Circus and some American theater companies performed. The name was subsequently changed to the Manila Grand Opera House after an extensive expansion of the original theater and its conversion to an opera house in time for the
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Baroque: Protestant vs. Catholic Before the purity of Neoclassicism‚ even before the carefree artists of the Rococo era‚ there was the dramatic and emotive Baroque. The term "baroque" is said to have been derived from the Portuguese word for an irregular pearl‚ and is certainly an adequate description. In the wake of what has become known as the Protest Reformation‚ the Catholic Church held the infamous Council of Trent. This eighteen year deliberation addressed several aspects of Catholicism
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Baroque music From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia • Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia •Jump to: navigation‚ search History of European art music Early Medieval (500 – 1400) Renaissance (1400 – 1600) Common practice Baroque (1600 – 1760) Classical (1730 – 1820) Romantic (1815 – 1910) Modern and contemporary 20th century classical (1900 – 2000) Contemporary classical (1975 – present) Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music
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SOAP OPERA · I. INTRODUCTION 1. Origin/History The soap opera form first developed on American radio in the 1920s‚ and expanded into television starting in the 1940s‚ and is normally shown during the daytime‚ hence the alternative name‚ daytime serial. The first concerted effort to air continuing drama occurred in 1946 with the serial Faraway Hill. The term "soap opera" originated from the fact that when these serial dramas were aired on daytime radio‚ the commercials aired during the shows
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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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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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Baroque Art in Europe and North America Throughout this research paper the topic is going to be along the lines of the Baroque Art in Europe and North America‚ which comes from chapter nineteen of our Art History book. The main purpose is to review major ideas and principles in this chapter by writing an analysis of certain points that were highlighted. For example‚ certain techniques that were used to define the Baroque Art‚ major sculptures‚ architectures‚ and paintings‚ and also just some
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Baroque Music Characteristics * Baroque Music - 1600-1750 * The invention of several forms of music came about in the 17th century i.e. opera‚ sonata‚ concerto‚ suite‚ fugue‚ oratorio * Use of improvisation increased during this era‚ although it was an important change to instrumental musical it also caused problems when musicians attempted to full understand and perform Baroque music precisely * Unity of mood – baroque music is unique for its principle of mood throughout
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Political Aspects of Mozart’s Operas Music has been a medium for composers and musicians to express a multitude of feelings‚ concepts‚ ideals and other philosophical matters. This expression of the artists has literally been the push behind music and its creation thousands of years ago‚ and is what still influences music today along with all the time in between (DeNora). Starting with the transition of music from the Renaissance Era‚ music became more and more of a political device (The Birth). One
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