MUAR 211 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fot, Symphonic Poem, Romantic Epistemology
20 Sep 2016
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Bel canto: bel canto = italian for beautiful singing. focus is on singers and their virtuosity (but orchestra still plays large role). Gesamtkunstewerk: hand ideal for opera called gesamtkunstewerk (synthesis of the arts). Drama, text, music, and sets unite to tell the story. Often wrote the texts fot his own operas. Most famous italian composer of the romantic period. Wrote nearly 40 operas, most in italian (a few in french for performance in. Focus is on singers and their virtuosity (but orchestra still plays a large role) Arias and ensembles like what we saw in mozart"s don giovanni. Recitatives further action and have more declamatory style, but with orchestral accompaniment (not basso continuo) Operas were very popular in italy during his lifetime (esp. in milan) Manu verdi operas have patriotic italian themes-popular at a time when the. Many of his opera melodies were very memorable/catchy. Leitmotive: techinique called leitmotive (guiding motive) to structure operas developed by wagner.
