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MUMH Unit 4 Terms
Music for the Theater
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Undergraduate 1
12/12/2010

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opera
Definition
Drama presented in music, with the characters singing instead of speaking. (p. 100)
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Florentine Camerata
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Group of humanists, musicians, poets who discussed trends in art. Revival of greek drama. (notebook)
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opera seria
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Serious opera. Principal type of Italian Baroque opera; plots mostly derived from ancient history. (p. 155)
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opera buffa
Definition
Italian comic opera. Depicted contemporary people in comic situations. (p. 210-11)
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ensemble (operatic)
Definition
In opera buffa. A number sung by two or more people. Depict different sentiments of the participating characters simultaneously. (p. 211)
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bel canto
Definition
"Beautiful song". Romantic opera style; glorification of beautiful singing. (p. 277)
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Risorgimento
Definition
Italian unification.
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The Artwork of the Future
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Richard Wagner. 1850
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Opera and Drama
Definition
Richard Wagner. 1851 revised 1868.
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Gesamtkunstwerk
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Wagner's idea. "Total artwork". The merging of drama, music, and stagecraft. Name for the concept that formed the basis of music drama.(p. 243)
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music drama
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Name for Wagner's new kind of opera in which music shares the honors with poetry, drama, and philosophy. (p. 285)
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leitmotiv
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Wagner. Guiding motive. (p. 283)
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
Definition
Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, Die Gotterdammerung
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Noh
Definition
Japanese. Stage action consists of highly restrained, stylized, and symbolic gestures and movements. Limited ensemble. (p. 314)
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Bunraku
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Japanese. Puppet theatre. One singer/narrator accompanied by shamisen (jap. lute). (p. 315)
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Kabuki
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Japanese. Adopted features from Noh and Bunraku. More modern stories, appealed to urban merchant class. (p. 315)
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nagauta
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Most famous genre of music involved in kabuki. "Long song". Extended piece for a singer and the onstage orchestra. (p. 315)
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jingju
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Chinese term for Beijing Opera. "theater of the capital". Mixture of song, spoken dialogue, instrumental music, dance, elaborate costume, martial arts. (p. 316)
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syncopation
Definition
dsisplacement of accents. Used a lot in jazz. (p. 14)
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blues
Definition
Special category of black folk song whose subject is loneliness, trouble, and depression of every shade. (p. 397)
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New Orleans jazz
Definition
First important center of jazz. Imaginative and individual performance styles. (p. 399)
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Big Bands/ Swing
Definition
Ten to twentyfive players. Improvisation limited. Variety of tone color and instrumental effects. (p. 401)
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Bebop
Definition
Trumpet and sax with rhythm section and piano. Determined to return to improvisation of a new technical virtuosity. (p. 406)
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musicals
Definition
Musical comedies, closely tied to the outpouring of popular songs in the 20s and 30s. (p. 411)
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