fourth prelim quiz Flashcards
also brought changes in the world of vocal music
romantic period
distinctive forms. short piece for solo voice and piano
art song
a group of poems by one and poet set to music by a composer
song cycle
master of the song
franz schubert
2 structures
through composed
strophic
poem is different for each stanza
through composed
form in each stanza of the poem is set up to the same music
strophic
characteristics of an art song
short piece for solo voice
well written verses may either be through composed and strophic
often accompanied by the piano using virtuoso technique
high artistic and literary quality
ends with a prelude
the script of the opera
libretta
the writer of the script
librettist
sung by rhe artists in opers
text
highsst male voice
tenor
middle male voice
baritone
lowest male voice
bass
highest female voice
soprano
middle female voice
mezzo-soprano
lowest female voice
contralto for women/ alto
does not only serve the libretto and the singing but completes and exalts them
music
extraordinary place with spectacular visual effects and big machinery
(opera) stages
different singing styles:
recitative
aria
bel canto
castrato
components of opera
libretto
text
music
stage
imitating the pattern and rhythm of speech
recitative
when a character expresses feelings through a flowing melody
aria
italian for beautiful singing
bel canto
young boys were castrated before puberty
castrato
europe’s leading musical countries
france
germany
italy
6 types of operas
comic opera serious opera opera semiseria opera comique grand opera opera verismo
known as light opera
comic opera
also known as opera seria
serious opera
an opera that has a serious story but has a happy ending
opera semiseria
instead of singing the lines are spoken
opera comique
larger scale opera. emerged in paris during the 19th century
grand opera
italian for “realism”. based of everyday people
opera verismo
