MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Exoticism, Program Music, Oboe
20 Feb 2018
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There were many specific varieties (i. e. , genres) and national styles of opera composed in the. 19th century, but they break down into two basic types, serious and comic. The terms for these basic genres of italian and french opera are: opera seria (italian) & grand opera (of french origin) = genres of serious opera opera buffa (italian) & op ra comique (french) Of the above genres, only the french op ra comique used spoken dialogue; the other three use recitatives (as well as arias, duets, trios, etc. , of course) and never contain spoken dialogue. Romantic opera is the ultimate fusion of the arts: music, literature, drama, art. 2 kinds of arts: the text and the music. A program music is only instrumental music that acts as if it had a text, even if it doesn"t. Opera mainly depends on subject matter (serious, fantastic, common/contemporary, history)
