In the featured book "Young people’s Concert‚" the author‚ Leonard Bernstein‚ explains the meaning of Classical music. Mr. Bernstein believes that people do not understand the exact meaning of classical music and they describe any music that isn’t pop or jazz as a classical music. He started his argument by giving examples about the mistakes that people do when they describe music and he found that the reason why people use inappropriate words to describe music is because people do not know why people
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According to the textbook Perceiving the Arts‚ opera is defined as the “combination of drama and music into a single artistic form” (Sporre‚ 2009). Opera is made up of primarily music along with other elements similar to a play such as costumes‚ scenery‚ lights‚ and a plot. Unlike a play‚ the plot of an opera unfolds through a combination of acting and singing. The follow provides an historical development and evolution of opera and the characteristics of the opera genre. In addition‚ the following provides
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Review Questions 1. What is a symphony? Symphonies were associated with vocal music‚ such as operas. 2. What is a sonata? How is it related to the sonata form? A sonata is a large-scale composition that is played. 3. What is a coda? The coda will use music from the movement‚ but it typically does not add anything to the "argument" of the piece 4. What are the three different parts of the sonata form? Describe each part. Exposition: The exposition is the first part of the sonata form‚ and
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been printed and produced on the suggestion of Salieri‚ who even conducted a performance of the symphony‚ himself‚ in 1791 (Thayer‚ 112). In his last surviving letter from October 14th‚ 1791‚ Mozart tells his wife about Salieri’s attendance at his opera Die Zauberflote K 620‚ enthusiastically: "He heard and saw with all his attention‚ and from the overture to the last choir there was no piece that didn’t elicit a bravo or bello out of him." It is also largely believed that Salieri visited Mozart
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already had knowledge of. It was at age eleven when Schubert became a choirboy in the court chapel and won a scholarship to the Imperial Seminary. It was at the Imperial Seminary that Schubert was introduced to the symphonies of Mozart and visits to the opera that strengthen his musical knowledge. At an early age Schubert played the viola and also wrote many of his early string quartets in the family string quartet‚ with his brothers Ferdinan and Ignaz on violin and his father on the cello. Schubert composed
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He frequently used symmetry in his phrasing‚ like four-measure phrases‚ for example. He composed both diatonically and chromatically. He expanded the use of wind instruments in the orchestra. He was also the opera man‚ and contributed to the following three types: opera seria (serious)‚ opera buffa (Italian comedies)‚ and Singspiels (German comedies). He not only focused on the music‚ but used it to create lifelike characters. To give more power to the plot‚ recitativo secco was used to keep the plot
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Wild Party: Prep Notes This week’s prep notes are focused on musical theatre‚ in preparation to go see Andrew Lippa’s 2000 musical‚ “Wild Party”. History of Musical Theatre: Musical theatre is a relatively modern type of theatre‚ combining music‚ dance‚ song‚ and dialogue to create the performance. Musical theatre in its current form found its roots in 1866’s “The Black Crook”. Although it is not a “true musical”‚ it opened audiences up to the concept of such performances‚ and paved the way for
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All but one of Guiseppe Verdi’s masterworks are operas. This poses a problem for those of us who aren’t opera buffs. Fortunately‚ though‚ that one exception is his stunning Requiem‚ into which he poured the same vibrant emotion that thrills opera fans‚ but without the trite plots‚ simplistic characters and dull narrative stretches that tend to alienate others. Indeed‚ more than a few critics have hailed the Requiem as Verdi’s finest opera. Verdi’s inspiration was neither religious‚ egotistical
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especially his opera‚ Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District. It was greatly criticized by many‚ including various radio shows and the newspaper Pravda for criticizing the Soviets. At the premiere of Lady Macbeth‚ Stalin walked out halfway through and said‚ “That’s a mess‚ not music.” (Anderson 1146). He may not have liked it because that night‚ there were too many brass players‚ or because the conductor tried too hard to make a good impression. Most likely‚ he did not enjoy the opera because it doesn’t
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The voice of the Chorus in Otello Even though he wanted to have an opera with no chorus‚ later on‚ Verdi himself considered this idea ‘crazy’. We would have not missed much of the plot without a chorus‚ but we would have definitely missed much of the artistic colour. There are four main Chorus parts in Otello‚ but there are also a few incidental entries. When writing the opera‚ Verdi had in mind the singers from La Scala‚ in Milan. The Chorus numbered 104 voices – 64 men and 40 women‚ to which
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