The Enjoyment of Music 10th Shorter Edition

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The Enjoyment of Music 10th Shorter Edition
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Unit XIV Choral Music and Opera in the
Classical Era

• Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth
  break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
• Psalm 98

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39. Sacred Choral Music and Opera
I like an aria to fit a singer as perfectly as a
well-tailored suit of clothes. - W. A. Mozart
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Mass, Requiem, and Oratorio

• Baroque tradition
• Eventually moved to concert hall
• Popularity of oratorio

Church Performance
Concert Hall Performance
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Classical Opera

• Opera types
• Opera buffa and opera seria
• Opéra comique, Singspiel, ballad opera
• Castrato vs. buffo

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Mozart The Marriage of Figaro

• Inspired by a Beaumarchais play
• Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
• Don Giovanni
• Così fan tutte
• Set in Spain
• Aristocracy is satirized
• Arias provide emotional expression
• Recitative moves action forward

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Mozart The Marriage of Figaro

• Orchestral overture
• abridged sonata-allegro form
• Attaca into Act I

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Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Characters
Susanna
Count Almaviva
Basilio
Cherubino

• Other Characters
• Figaro
• Countess
• Bartolo
• Marcellina

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Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
Act I, Scenes 6 and 7

• Cherubinos Aria Non so più
• (A-B-A-C)
• Trouser role
• Mezzo-soprano

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Mozart The Marriage of Figaro (Listening Guide)

• Recitative Susanna, Count, Basilio
• Trio Cosa sento! Tosto andate
• Sonata form, quick exchanges of individual
  emotions

Listening Guide PDF
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Transition III From Classicism to Romanticism
I am in the world for the purpose of composing.
What I feel in my heart, I give to the
world. Franz Schubert
Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade
Schubert String Quintet
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