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bel canto
beautiful singing.
prima donna
lyric soprano, leading female singer in an opera.
diva
celebrated female opera singer; a prima donna
La Scala
principal opera house of the city of Milan, Italy, which opened in 1778.
Risorgimento
the movement for a united Italy free of foreign domination.
recitativo accompagnato
recitative accompanied by the entire orchestra.
scena
scenic plan made up of diverse movements.
cabaletta
fast-concluding aria in which the increased speed of the music allows one or more soloists to race off stage at the end of a scene or act.
Singspiel
singing play; musical comedy or light musical drama that has many elements common with our present-day Broadway musical: topical humor, tuneful solo songs, energetic choral numbers, and spoken dialogue.
Ring Cycle
Wagner's four part opera written about German mythology.
Bayreuth Festival
an opera house in the town of Bayreuth, Germany constructed exclusively for the music dramas of Richard Wagner.
music drama
term used for the mature operas of Wagner
Gesamtkunstwerk
total art work; consisted of all the arts.
leit-motif
a brief, distinctive unit of music designed to represent a character, object, or idea, which returns repeatedly in order to facilitate the progress of the drama.
realistic opera
opera that treats issues of everyday life in a realistic way.
flamenco
songs of southern spain infused with gypsy elements.
Habanera
a dance-song accompanied by a sensual dance.
verismo opera
italian realistic opera of the late 19th century
musical nationalism
a movement of music in the 19th century in which composers sought to emphasize indigenous qualities in their music by incorporating folksongs, native scales, dance rhythms, and local instrumental sounds.
Russian Five
Borodin, Cui, Balkirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Musorgsky
pentatonic scale
scale that uses only five notes instead of the Usual western scale of seven.
Slavs
ethnic group found throughout much of Eastern Europe; settled in Slovakia.
furiant
a fast folk dance in which duple and triple meter alternate.
absolute music
music without narrative intent.
staccato
dots above the notes that instruct the players to hold each pitch for only the shortest possible time.
orchestral song
art song in which the full orchestra replaced the piano as the medium of accompaniment.