CLASS: Jan 23rd: Italian Comic Opera and the Querelle des bouffons -- DONE, Format and double check against written outline Flashcards

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REVIEW QUESTIONS:

  • Contrast the learned and galant styles.
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REVIEW QUESTIONS:

  • Contrast the learned and galant styles.
    • RECORDING
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REVIEW QUESTIONS:

  • What did late 18th-c church music sound like? ​
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REVIEW QUESTIONS:

  • What did late 18th-c church music sound like?
    • RECORDING
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REVIEW QUESTIONS:

  • Describe the nature of late 18th-c opera seria.
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REVIEW QUESTIONS:

  • Describe the nature of late 18th-c opera seria.
    • RECORDING
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REVIEW QUESTIONS:

  • What was a “suitcase” aria and what does it tell us about late 18th-century opera performances (and audiences?)
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REVIEW QUESTIONS:

  • What was a “suitcase” aria and what does it tell us about late 18th-century opera performances (and audiences?)
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Distinguish Italian comic opera from Venetian comic opera, opera seria and French tragedie lyrique.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Distinguish Italian comic opera from Venetian comic opera, opera seria and French tragedie lyrique.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Describe the conflict at the heart of the war of the buffoons.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Describe the conflict at the heart of the war of the buffoons.
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Developed in Italy: ____ and _____
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Developed in Italy: Venice and Naples
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Expanded ______
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Expanded Intermezzo
    • What is this?
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Performed in _____ Theaters
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Performed in Public Theaters
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Borrowed “stock” characters from _______ ___ ____
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Borrowed “stock” characters from commedia del arte
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Stories about “______” people
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Stories about “ordinary” people
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Caricatures of the ______
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Italian Comic Opera

  • Caricatures of the wealthy
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • “The Maid as _____”
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • “The Maid as Mistress
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • Characters:
    • ________
    • ________
    • ________
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • Characters:
    • Serpina “little snake”
    • Uberto
    • Vespone “large wasp”
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • Recitative: ______ and ________
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • Recitative: secco and accompanied
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • Arias: ______ Form
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • Arias: Da Capo Form
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • Instrumental ______
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_Pergolesi’s *La Serva padrona* (1733) NWAM p1_

  • Instrumental Ritornellos
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Italian Comic Opera
    • _____ plots
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Italian Comic Opera
    • Simple plots
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Italian Comic Opera
    • ___ characters
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Italian Comic Opera
    • Few characters
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Italian Comic Opera
    • ____ or _______ roles
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Italian Comic Opera
    • Mute or non-speaking roles
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Venetian Comic Opera
    • Super _____ plots
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Venetian Comic Opera
    • Super complicated plots
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Venetian Comic Opera
    • Lots of ______
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Venetian Comic Opera
    • Lots of Characters
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Venetian Comic Opera
    • No _____ roles
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Contrast: Venetian Comic Opera

  • Venetian Comic Opera
    • No speaking roles
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Review: Neapolitan Opera Seria

  • _ set characters
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Review: Neapolitan Opera Seria

  • 6 set characters
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Review: Neapolitan Opera Seria

  • Interplay of ______ ______
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Review: Neapolitan Opera Seria

  • Interplay of social classes
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Review: Neapolitan Opera Seria

  • _______ plots
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Review: Neapolitan Opera Seria

  • Standardized plots
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Review: Neapolitan Opera Seria

  • Standardized musical _____
    • Recitative -> Aria -> Instrumental Ritornello
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Review: Neapolitan Opera Seria

  • Standardized musical forms
    • Recitative -> Aria -> Instrumental Ritornello
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • 18th-Century ____,____ (1752-1753)
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • 18th-Century Paris, France (1752-1753)
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • Touring Italian Comic Troupe: __ _______ _____.
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • Touring Italian Comic Troupe: La serva** **padrona.
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • Italian ____ _____ vs French ______ _____
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • Italian comic opera vs French tragedie lyrique
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • Team Italy: Jean Jacques ______
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • Team Italy: Jean Jacques Rousseau
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • Team France: Jean Baptiste _____
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_*Querelle des bouffons*: The War of the Buffoons_

  • Team France: Jean Baptiste Rameau
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • Composers: Jean Baptiste _____ and Jean Philippe _____
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • Composers: Jean Baptiste Lully and Jean Philippe Rameau
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • ______
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • Spectacle
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • ____-_____ Plots
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • Heroic-Historical Plots
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • ______
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • Divertissements
    • What are these?
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • Prejudice against Italian ____ ______
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Recall French *Tragedie Lyrique*

  • Prejudice against Italian vocal virtuosity
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French and German Reactions

  • Compare/Contrast the French and German reactions to the touring Italian productions. Consider:
    • The author’s tone
    • Details of the productions provided by each author
    • Description of audience reactions.

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