Music 1710F/G Lecture Notes - Mayer Brown, Aria, Dazzle Camouflage
6 Feb 2013
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Most narrowly conceived, the word opera" signifies a drama in which the actors sing throughout. Master of all arts because it combines all the arts paintings and backgrounds, costumes, writers, performers, dramatic artists, musicians. Mayer brown, new grove online) we need to take more things into account not only the sounds, but the music, drama and spectacle. How do some of these conventions appear in john adams" nixon in. Music will tell the audience something about the character. Characters play a role in dramatic action. This action will involve scenes that dazzle or impress. Recitative: a type of vocal writing, normally for a single voice, with the intent of mimicking dramatic speech in song - action. vs. Aria: any closed lyrical piece for solo voice. - reflection. Large cadence that moves from this soliloquy, moving back to the recitative. Most music falls somewhere in between recitative and aria.
