MUSIC IN ITALY Flashcards
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Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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analyzed social and political issues through reason and science
2
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Principal Centers
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Naples, Rome, and Venice
3
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Naples
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Opera at center of Neapolitan Musical Life
3
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4 Music Conservatories
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Homes for orphaned boys, being trained as Castrati
4
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Castrati
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Late 17th Century, Leading male roles Opera
5
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Alessandro Scarlatti
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Leading Composer
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Rome
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Papal strictures against opera, forbade women on stage, training for performers
7
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Attracted Instrumentalists
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from all over italy and germany
8
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Venice
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remained most glamourous city in Europe
