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1
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german name

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Die Zauberflöte

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2
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composer full name

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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when was mozart alive

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1756-1791

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what type of opera is the magic flute

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singspiel

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5
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how many acts

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2

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who wrote the libretto

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Emanuel Schikaneder

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names of arias we have to learn

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  • Ich bin ein Vogelfanger ja
  • Dies Bildnes ist bezaubernd schon
  • O Isis und Osiris
  • Der Holle rache kocht in meinem Herz
  • Pa-pa-pa
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mozart opera serias

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  • Idomeneo
  • La Clemenza di Tito
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mozart opera buffas

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  • The Marriage of Figaro
  • Cosi fan tutte
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how many operas did mozart write

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22

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how is the overture made interesting

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contrast
> solemn music of Sarastro’s priesthood
> flighty/energetic music of Queen of the Night

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12
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overture form

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sonata formo

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overture introduction

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  • slow
  • homophonic
  • returns between expo and development
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14
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papageno character

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  • bird-catcher
  • sells birds to QotN
  • simple
  • main desire to have gf
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next section of overture

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  • allegro
  • counterpoint/polyphony
  • energetic
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16
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papageno voice type

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baritone

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17
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papageno aria(s)

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  • Die Vogelfanger bin ich ja (A bird-catcher I am indeed) - start of act 1
  • Pa-pa w Papagena - end of act 2
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18
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other aria papageno sings

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Ein Madchen oder Weibchen

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what does the music of papageno’s aria tell us about him (categories)

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  • birdcatcher
  • comic character
  • simple and carefree
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music telling us of birdcatcher element to papageno

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  • use of panpipes to attract the birds
  • 5-note motif
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music telling us of comic character of papageno

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  • major key
  • baritone voice type
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music telling us of papageno’s simple and carefree nature

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  • folklike melody
    > words “hop-sa-sa” - tra-la-la
    > strophic form
  • clear, symmetrical phrasing
  • sparse accompaniment > light, homophonic texture
  • violins support singer’s melody
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23
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tamino character

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  • young prince
  • adventure to find + rescue princess
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24
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tamino voice type

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tenor

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25
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tamino aria

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Dies bildness ist bezaubernd schon (this image is enchantingly lovely) in act 1
> presented w image of pamina by 3 ladies, falls in love

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what does the music of his aria tell us about tamino

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  • royal, noble
  • heroic character
  • surging emotions, yearning to win love of Pamina
27
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what does the music tell us of tamino’s royal, noble nature

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  • Eb major key
  • Larghetto tempo
28
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music tells us about tamino heroic character

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  • tenor voice type
29
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music about tamino’s surging emotions, yearning to win love of Pamina

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  • asc M6 interval at beginning, returns continuously throughout
  • soft dynamics
  • moments of cresc and sf climaxes
  • clarinets in 3rds
  • legato
  • slow & expressive melody
  • sparse accompaniment
30
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monostatos character

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  • mean
  • greedy
  • servant of Sarastro
  • unloyal
  • selfish
31
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monostatos voice type

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tenor

32
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monostatos arias

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none for matric

33
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pamina character

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  • daughter of QotN
  • damsel-in-distress locked in house of Sarastro awaiting rescue
  • brave & stands up to mother
34
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pamina voice type

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mezzo-soprano

35
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pamina aria(s)

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Bei Mannern, welche liebe fuhlen (Men who feel the call of love) w Papageno

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sarastro character

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  • tall & imposing
  • High Priest of the Sun
  • initially believe bad character
37
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sarastro voice type

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basso profundo

38
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sarastro aria

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O Isis und Osiris (O Isis and Osiris) - asking gods to assist Papageno & Tamino on journey

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sarastro other aria

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In diesen Heiligen Hallen (within these hallowed halls)

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what does the music of sarastro’s aria tell us about him

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  • masonic elements
  • the mystical
  • dignified, caring, empathetic, vulnerable
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who is isis

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  • help dead in afterlife
  • goddess of life and magic
42
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who is osiris

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  • god of fertility, agriculture, afterlife
  • brother & husband (wtf) of Isis
43
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what about sarastro’s aria tells us of masonic elements

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  • priest
  • male-dominated cult
  • no music during ritual
44
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what of the mystical is shown in O Isis und Osiris

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  • sarastro’s name from Zoroastrianism (ancient middle east religion w connection to sun)
  • religious reference to Egyptian mythology (goddess Isis and brother Osiris)
45
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dignified sarastro shown in aria

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  • slow (adagio), mostly minim & crotchet note values
  • major key
  • basso profundo
46
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caring and empathetic sarastro shown in aria

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  • legato
  • hymnlike, reminiscent of 4-part hymns of reformed protestant churches / amswering chorus reminds of Lutheran churches
  • verse 1:
    > tries asserting himself on gods
    > asks Isis to protect on journey
  • verse 2:
    > more plaintive
    > starts @ higher pitch - renewed energy
    > asks Osiris to accept them in afterlife should they perish
47
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vulnerable sarastro shown in aria

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  • low pitches (low F) at end of phrases
  • hard to project
48
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Queen of the Night character

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  • pretends to be on tamino’s side @ 1st meeting
    > used him to get to sarastro
  • wants to defeat sarastro and rule world
49
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QotN voice type

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coloratura soprano
> extremely difficult passages
> very high notes
> specialises in runs, leaps, trills
> coloratura - elaborate ornamentation of melody

50
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QotN aria

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Der Holle rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Hell’s revenge cooks in my Heart) in act 2
> hands pamina a knife to kill sarastro
> get Shield of the Sun from him

51
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musical features of QotN aria tells us about

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  • use of tonality
  • voice type
  • desperate and psychotic state of mind, gloomy atmosphere
52
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use of tonality in QotN aria

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  • D minor: mozart uses in extremely dramatic scenes (Requiem)
  • moves between minor keys (d/g)
53
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voice type of QotN aria

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  • coloratura soprano
54
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desperate and psychotic state of mind, gloomy atmosphere shown in QotN aria

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  • '’Revenge aria”
  • very fast tempo (allegro assai)
  • timpani + trumpet
  • tremolos
  • sfz outbursts
  • d min chord introduction (gloomy atmosphere)
  • coloratura in high register
    > repeated staccatos on high C (7th of D min chord) - restlessness
    > high F in virtuoso leaps - madness
    > high triplet mvmt - extremely difficult application (rhythm/intonation)
    > succession of ‘Hort’ (D-F-Bb) instead of A
55
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papagena character

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  • cheerful
  • simple
  • disguised as old woman
  • goal to find man and have kids
56
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papagena voice type

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soprano

57
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papagena aria

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duet with papageno ‘pa-pa-pa’ - plan dream future with kids

58
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what does papagena and papageno’s arias tell us abt them

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  • instrumentation
  • characters complimenting each other
  • development of two characters
59
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instrumentation in pa-pa-pa aria

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  • standard classical
  • trills in violins - playfulness, innocence
  • violins + winds play melody w singers - simplicity
  • light texture, homophonic, sparse accomp
    = cyclical feel, references to beginning
60
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characters complimenting each other as is shown in papa aria

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  • major key
  • call and answer, imitation, mating call
  • simplicity, no melismas
61
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papa contribution to development of characters

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  • imitation
    > relationship
    > goal achieved
  • rit, broad, legato
    > children
  • a tempo, agitated, wind runs, climax
    > argument, outdo (little ver of selves)
  • resolved = duet, no dominance over one another

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