listening midterm 1 Flashcards
columba aspexit
hildegard von bingen
ave generosa
hildegard von bingen
o viridissima virga
hildgard von bingen
lagrime mie
barbara strozzi
signor, deh non partire
monteverdi - l’incoronazione di poppea
poppea wants nero to stay with her/promise he will return, but he says he can’t until octavia has been banished
or che seneca e morto
monteverdi - l’incoronazione di poppea
nero celebrates senecas death with luccaro and sings about poppeas sexual prowess over senecas dead body
pur ti miro
monteverdi - l’incoronazione di poppea
poppea and nero declare love for each other after ottavia has been banished
cesare all tua destra/ va tacito
handel - giulio cesare
cesare and ptolemy subtle confrontation - cesare subtley threatens ptolemy by saying he recognizes his betrayal in the future
duetto caro bella
handel - giulio cesare
cleopatra and cesare declare love for each other
ave maria
bach-gounod
non so piu cosa son, cosa faccio
mozart - le nozze di figaro
cherubin is horny and just wants to find love - is being emotional and unstable - hiding from captain
porgi, amor, qualche ristoro
mozart - le nozze di figaro
countess wants her loved one back and begs to die if she can’t have him
venite inginochiatevi
mozart - le nozze di figaro
sussana combs cherubinos hair and cherubino gazes at the countess
symphony no 3 in e flat major
beethoven
hero myth
symphony no 8 in B minor
franz schubert
er ist gekommen
clara schumann
am strande
clara schumann
water moving - written from female perspective but text by a man – problematic
lorelei
clara schumann
woman writing about a women - penned women into particular emotional roles and confined self in a way
variations on a theme by robert schumann
clara schumann
issues of agency because she just rewriting his works after he dies – felt unconfident in her music
seit ich ihn gehesen
robert schumann - frauenliebe und leben
written from female perspective by a man
er, der herrlichste von allen
robert schumann - frauenliebe und leben
written from female perspective by a man
du ring an meinem Finger
robert schumann - frauenliebe und leben
written from female perspective by a man
sulla tomba che rinserra il il tradito genitore
donzinetti - lucia di lammermoor
lucia and edgar declare love for each other in spite of family feud
verranno a te sullaure i miei sospiri ardenti
donzinetti - lucia di lammermoor
take sworn vow of marriage
il dolce suono
donzinetti - lucia di lammermoor
mad scene where lucia talks about her love for edgar and her imagined marriage to him – she is on edge of death emotionally and physically
spargi damaro pianto
donzinetti - lucia di lammermoor
stair scene where lucia is about to die
sur la place chacun passe
bizet - carmen
soldiers walking around square and commenting what odd people
habanera
bizet - carmen
talking about how love is a bird - flirts with everyone and is vaguely provacative towards the people in the square and eventually corrupts them in a sense
seguidilla
bizet - carmen
carmen flirting with don jose
flower song
bizet - carmen
don jose thinking about the flower carmen gave him
cest toi cest moi
bizet - carmen
confrontation between carmen and don jose where he kills her
dance of the seven veils
strauss - solome
solome dances for father in law and basically does a striptease with some freaky music because she wants the head of john the baptist – seems corrupt and wrong with hints of othering with the middle eastern music
ah du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund Kassen lassen
strauss - solome
ending of solome where solome kisses head of john the baptist - she looks frazzled and frizzy and sweaty – madness
