MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Maria Anna Mozart, Recitative
29 Apr 2015
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Reasons for don giovanni"s prominence in the operatic repertory: music: mozart"s ability to fascinate and move the audience with dramatic music, drama: mozart collaborated with the poet and dramatist lorenzo da ponte, one of the most gifted librettists in history, good story, good plot, interesting characters, grabs attention, keeps you interested, words of opera = libretto, person who writes libretto = librettist, performance: mozart composed opera with specific performers in mind and took full advantage of their abilities, dozens of productions of it across north america every year. Mozart"s distinctive operative style: effective musical and dramatic characterization, mozart tries to create music to underscore dramatic parts of the story, development of the action"s represented through music in real time, music helps to set the scene, sweeping and dramatic for love, eerie and upsetting when something bad"s going to happen, uses music to help push along dramatic ideas of story.
