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libretto

book(text of the opera)

overture

intstrumental piece that proceeds the opera

recitative

speech like songs that progresses the story. narrow range, conjuct motion, light accompaniment

aria

shows off technical skill, what a lot of people come to operas for, fuller and more active accompaniment, larger range, sometimes repeated text, more sustained higher notes. solo song ( doesnt necessarily advance the plot) think the magic flute with the evil witch queen with the crazy high pitch vocals

ensemble

aria singing style, duets, trios, quintets, etc. provides a sense of finality

opera seria

serious, very weighty genre mostly about mythology or ancient history

opera buffa

18th century comic opera

don Giovanni

opera in two acts with music composed by Mozart

Richard Wagner

revolutionary opera composer

temp track

existing music that was placed in a films rough cut to dictate mood, pacing, and emotial tone during editing

spotting

when the composer and the director watch a locked version of the film to decide what is musically appropriatefor the particular scenes

mickey mousing

music that mimics the actions on screen

leitmotifs

a short recurring phrase associated with a person, place, or thing (think darth Vaders theme whenever he appears)

diegetic music

music that the characters in the film can also hear

non diegetic music

music only the audience can hear (like how darth vaders lietmotif plays, he cant actually hear it but we can)

final film mix

the dialogue, music, sound effects etc

vaudeville

variety show

theatre organ

a type of electric organ that was meant to be used to immitate full orchestras so theaters wouldnt have to pay many people.

bandoneon

the voice of tango, an accordian type of instrument

capoeira

musical style, brazillian dance that mixed dance and martial arts

berimbau

stick, string, stone, gorge, shaker

atabaque

basically a bongo

tambourine(pandeiro

a type of percussion instrument with metal rings and a pad to tap on that shakes the metal rings

agogo

double cowbell

reco reco

type of scraper where you scrape a wooden stick over a wooden percussion instrument with rivets.

punjab india-bhanga

type of folk music and dance. harvest and celebrations and weddings

dhol

signature drum of bhangra

who popularized ballet

Louis xiv of France

ballet

genre surrounded around the themes of love, magic, deceit, mayhem.