MUSI 4200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Paris Commune, Bacchanale, Castanets
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Tannhauser versions: dresden 1845 (unpublished, revised dresden version 1860 (published, paris 1871 (unpublished, revised paris version 1875 (published) Invited by paris opera to stage opera in 1860: napoleon iii. Jockey club: fashionably late crowd, act ii ballet expectation! Huge story behind everything going on in ballet. Paris: longer, more frenzied; additions of castanets, and timpani. Characterization of venus: dresden: one dimensional, paris: emotional heightening; range of musical emotion. Moves to d major, different orchestration (more instruments, orchestra starts to join in) Moves to eb major, more instruments join in. There are interruptions by venus between each of these stanzas no full aria-style thing. After stanza 1: angry venus, mocking venus, questions what key she is hearing. Tannhauser orchestra (still the musical language of venusberg, very different from other people) An ode to the place where they will have a singing competition. Wolfram is also in love with elizabeth.