PHSI191 Study Guide - Final Guide: Glossary Of Musical Terminology, Cantabile, Nocturne
20 Jan 2017
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Italian opera: highly conventional in order to produce them quickly. Barber of seville: prequel to figaro (early passionate courtship of the count and rossina) want to court her without influencing her with his money, in disguise as a student. Dr. bartello and marries rossina: cavatina/aria di sortita: entrance aria, double aria. Duet or ensemble, also have choral interjections: tempo d"attacco: sets things up, series of dialogues going back and forth, pezzo concertato: more lyrical and regular, similar duet: they sing to the same melody. Donizetti (his most famous is lucia di lammermoor), bellini (his most famous is norma): bel canto style, famous operas that are particularly demanding. Great successes in paris (influence in french opera): rossini ended up in france, bellini had a strong influence on chopin, bellini"s norma: set in france. Norma is the priestess, her father is the head priest, but she has fallen in love with the roman console.
