composition; another is composing for all the specific characters. A composer has to distinguish between characters through his music. Jan can’t sound like Fran‚ and Dan can’t sound like Stan. Each character must have his/her own traits. Mozart’s opera‚ Don Giovanni‚ provides us with many different characters to compare and contrast. One scene in particular lends itself to the comparison of Don Giovanni‚ Leporello‚ and The Commendator. Scene fifteen of Act two‚ places all three characters in close
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References: Evans‚ M. E. Henry Purcell. Detroit: Gale Biography in Context‚ 2003. International Dictionary of Opera. Henry Purcell. Gale Biography in Context‚ 1993. Encyclopedia Britannica. Purcell‚ Henry. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ Inc.‚ 2011. Opera Today. Purcell: The Fairy Queen. Opera Today Inc.‚ 2010. Encyclopedia of World Biography. Henry Purcell. Detroit: Gale Biography in Context‚ 1998.
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The 1966’s avant-garde film‚ Come Drink with Me moved towards Director King Hu’s contemporary aesthetic style‚ when paralleled to Wuxia Pans in that time. Hu was recognized to start a revolution with Come Drink with Me‚ establishing the “New School” aesthetics for Kung Fu. However dated special effects and editing would appear‚ to current viewers‚ the successful feature practically reinvented a standard for producers in the cinematic sphere. Hollywood action later popularized Hu’s editing and innovative
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The “Threepenny Opera”: Brecht’s Verfremdung through Representation and Expression In the first scene of Brecht’s “Threepenny Opera”‚ it is clear to the audience that something is disturbingly off about the world in which the action takes place. The audience clearly sees it as a world based on super-capitalist structure. Peachum‚ the leader of the beggars in London‚ argues with a man named Filch about acquiring a position as a beggar in London. Filch was beaten for begging without a license
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Task 1 A1 The two motivational theories the board members Bill Bailey and Scott Parker should employ to motivate and support or oppose the merger between the Utah Symphony and the Utah Opera are McClelland’s Need Theory and Adam’s Equity Theory. Bill Bailey the highest ranking officer as chairman of the Utah Opera board is tasked with conducting business in an orderly fashion. As chairman‚ it is Bill’s job to lead the other board members from varying points of view or decisions to making decisions
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Thus a proposal to merge the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera companies was made. There have been very few mergers of this type in history. In 1963 the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Madison Opera merged. Also‚ in 1985‚ the Chattanooga Opera and Chattanooga Symphony combined. These entities remained combined for a period of time‚ but ultimately disbanded due to ideologies and methodologies that differed. The Utah Symphony and Utah Opera merger discussion began in December 2001.The cultures of
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The Baroque Period The Baroque Period The Baroque term comes from the Portuguese word barroco‚ which means misshapen pearl Jean-Jacques Rousseau defined baroque music as that in which the harmony is confused‚ charged with modulations and dissonances‚ the melody is harsh and little natural‚ the intonation difficult‚ and the movement constrained. The Baroque period was highly decorated and it reflects on the elaborate nature and complexity of the music compositions. Others have likened Baroque
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died‚ Salieri was appointed the court composer by Emperor Joseph II‚ and Imperial Royal Kapellmeister in 1788. During his time in Vienna he acquired great prestige as a composer and conductor‚ particularly of opera‚ and also of chamber and sacred music. The most successful of his 43 operas were Les Danaïdes (1784)‚ which was first presented as work of Gluck’s‚ and Tarare (1787). He wrote comparatively little instrumental music‚ including just two piano concerti written in 1773. He attained an
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Ballad Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a form of verse‚ often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas‚ Australia and North Africa. Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides. The form was often used by poets and composers from the 18th century onwards
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Historically representations of teenagers have been varied in the media but especially more within recent years teenagers have been represented more negatively. From the British television drama website (www.itvdrama.blogspot.com ) I was able to find out that in the past teenagers were represented as obedient‚ conforming young people who were un-sexualized and unsusceptible to the negatives of the world. It stated that as time progressed the representation of teenagers became more realistic. They
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