MUSI 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ballad Opera, Contrafact, Calvinism
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Ballad opera: over the hills and far away : beggar"s opera, ballad opera, contrafact. Melodrama: newly composed in the usa while others had british influence, another form of theater but with more music, the indian princess, or la belle sauvage by john bray. Use of popular genres: used parlor songs and glees, pastiche when one musical style resembles another. Theater music: when the midnight of absence : the indian princess, pocahontas, parlor song like. Theater music: without a penny of money : the indian princess, glee.