SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Industrial Revolution, Thunderstorm, Romantic Poetry
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Mozart: marriage of figaro (1786 satire on politics of the time) Maid brings a worker of the emperor into mozart"s apartment. He asks her where mozart works he goes to the room and observes his study, where he see"s that mozart is starting a new italian opera (starting with figaro which is band by the emperor) Once the emperor finds out what mozart"s doing, he confronts mozart about how he"s making an opera that starts with figaro. Mozart argues in saying it"s just a comedy and is a piece about love, and continues in stating that it"s new, and that people will go mad for it. The opera involves 20 minutes of music and 20 people talking/singing at the same time in harmony. The emperor believes that the play causes an uproar in society, and provides struggle against classes saying that mozart should write about something different, and write about something more legendary that is eternal and will live on.