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Arcadian Academy
Argued for the simplification of libretti- Led to the establishment of opera seria
Opera Seria
Purpose to both entertain and enlighten. Serious topic, but happy ending, no fantasy or comedy, 5-7 characters
Music concepts of Opera Seria
story moves in recitative
arias expressed emotional reactions, followed by exits
almost all arias
Musical concepts of galant style
heavy emphasis on melodies
harmony changes very slowly to support melodies
lots of cadences
uses the schema (compositional formulas)
Scheme
Galant style- compositional formulas
Hasse’s Cleofide- ACT II SCENE 9- list composer, genre, date
composer- Hasse
Genre- Opera Seria
Date- 1731
Hasse’s Cleofide- ACT II SCENE 9- describe the plot and characters
Cleofide,the queen of India expresses her faithful love for Poro, an Indian prince. She does not realize that Poro who is disguised as an army general is listening
Hasse’s Cleofide- ACT II SCENE 9- musical descriptions
rhythmic variety- scotch snaps- reverse dotted rhythms
singers show off 2nd time through with ornamentations
very clear harmonic motion- slow harmonic motion
cadences happen everywhere- lots of 5-1 motion
A LOT of repetition- introduce a theme and expand upon it- repeat this until we get to the cadential motion- and the repeat some more
Italian Comic Opera- Opera Buffa
full length stories about ordinary people
drew from commedia dell’arte tradition
popularized by leonardo vinci
makes fun of the rules of oepra
Italian Comic Opera- Opera Buffa- Describe Form Commedia
company of performers that play the same archetype characters
they will improvise scenes based off of these characters
Italian Comic Opera- intermezzo
miniature operas between acts of opera series
make fun of opera rules
2-3 characters and few arias, but same styles
Pergolesi’s La Serra Padrona- list date, genre, and composer
composer- pergolesi
genre- intermezzo opera- De Capo Aria
date- 1733
pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona- described plot of what is happening
Urberto is fiening for his maid- serpina, but he does not think he should be with her, he feels very flustered
Patter- describe and what piece is it used in
singing/talking very fast
used in pergolesi’s la serra padrona- represents him being overcome with his feelings. It is a de capo aria, but he gets so overcome with his feelings that he cannot continue and finish
light texture in the strings also