MUSIC101 Lecture : 19c Opera.docx
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To the frustration of other composers, especially in germany. 19c opera: act 1 (the scene: italy)- oct. 29. Music from g. rossini"s opera the barber of seville (1816) Simply because of the melody graceful, ornate, displays singers beautifully as well as the: Rhythm often infectiously driving ( rossini crescendo ) Kiesewetter (austrian music historian) describing what was for him the most recent period of music history. Beginnings of a significant split between serious and popular and opera was aligned with the popular. Rossini model for the concept of opera as entertainment/popular culture. In the 19c, a parallel change comes to some opera. In italy, this doesn"t mean retreat from singers and melody as central. More tragic plots and intense character development. Dominated italian opera from the 1840"s on. Almost all of his operas are serious: most end in death or one or more leading character. Orchestra was larger than rossini"s and there were more varied colors.
