MUSC 102 Lecture Notes - The Star-Spangled Banner, Gustave Courbet, Giacomo Puccini
11 Apr 2014
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April 21st office hour tutorial, last minute questions. 1854 gustave courbet: wagner"s ring cycle, middle ground verdi. Throwback beethoven loved napoleon, hope for the enlightenment. People were given hope, idea of mercenaries fades away creating a greater sense of nationality: nostalgia for what came before. People began working in cities more third class carriage 1865 by honore. Daumier: anything that does not appear on the retina, has no belonging in painting . Similar to monteverdi with big myths and medieval narrative. Shakespeare had been translated into many other languages which was very appealing to people: not myth or fantasy based, people could relate, realists puccini. La boheme 1896, about living in poverty in paris: madama butterfly, realists pick what they see around them yet madama butterfly is about. 1858-1924: as a youth he moves to milan, because opera is extremely popular there.
