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173 Cards in this Set
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How does "footmarch" go?
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Swsw
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Gavotte
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2-beat anacrusis
Fake pastoral |
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Bourée
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Begins with quarter-note upbeat
Weak 3rd beat |
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Who justifies the use of the terms dominant and tonic "paragraphs"?
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Webster
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What sorts of instrumentations can imply seria?
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obbligato
opening rit material that character never uses (Porgi amor, non mi dir) |
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What sorts of instrumentations can imply seria?
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obbligato
opening rit material that character never uses (Porgi amor, non mi dir) |
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In which arias does Webster see "multivalence" as corresponding with extreme agitation?
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Come scoglio
Smanie implacabili Tutti nel cor vi sento Porgi amor |
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What two ensembles does Rosen see as sonata form?
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Figaro: "recognition" sextet
DG: Act II sextet (w/o DG) |
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What formal feature corresponds to highly dramatic situations for Rosen?
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Large development
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What unique feature did Feldman notice in Mozart's operas up to 1775?
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cadential gestures (flourishes) that end the opening rit, the opening couplet, and the second rit are the same/similar (like concerto)
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In what Mozart finale do the individual numbers not all begin and end in the same key?
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Cosi act II
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In what Mozart act do the internal movements not avoid the tonic of the finale?
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DG
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What is the most common form, according to Platoff, of the stretta?
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ABBC
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What, for Platoff, is the motion within each buffa finale number?
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Action/dialogue (solo singing) to expression/Tutti
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What are the three anomalies for Platoff in the buffa finale?
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Self-contained expressive passages (first number in Cosi Act I finale)
Shock tuttitime is frozen). The last tutti (Stretta |
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What are "the keys" of Tito?
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C, Eb
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What, according to John A. Rice, is the "Tito motive"?
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Dotted third ascent by step
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How did the finales end, respectively, in Leopold II's operas in Florence?
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ensemble
chorus |
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Where might the ideas of off-stage chorus, and violence, respectively, have come?
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Salieri
French "decorum" |
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When and Where did Tito debut?
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Prague, National Theatre, September 1791.
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Who wrote the libretto for Tito?
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Caterino Mazzolà
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What count and impressario were involved in Tito's commission?
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Domenico Guardasoni
Count Heinrich Rottenhan |
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What aria did Mozart write before the rest?
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Non più di fiori
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Which primo uomo played Sesto?
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Domenico Bedini
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What did Empress Maria Luisa call Tito?
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porcheria tedesca
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What writers compare Tito to Sarastro?
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Daniel Heartz, Amalie Abert
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Who wrote about "Cartesian principles" in Tito?
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Don Neville, 1988
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What seria aspect is there to Mozart's rondo for Sesto?
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Exact repeat of A section
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What is the basis for the character Sesto?
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Cinna in Corneilles "Cinna"
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What is unique about Vitellia's rondo?
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lines of quinari; supposed to be 12 lines of ottonari
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What character seems like a "narrator" like Leporello
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Publio
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What was the heyday for settings of Tito?
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1734-74
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What were Metastasio's sources for Tito?
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Corneilles Cinna
Racines Andromaque |
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What characters in Tito are historical?
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Tito
Publio |
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To what does Annio & Servilla duet bear a striking resemblance?
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Mazzolà's comic operas
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What Des Cartes writing does Neville talk about?
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Les Passions de lâme, elevating generosity
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What is important about Christine of Sweden?
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Involved with the earliest proto-Arcadians, also tutored by Descartes 1649-50
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What play was the basis of Gluck's first French opera, Iphigénie en Aulide?
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Racine, Iphigénie
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Who was Giambattista Varescos source?
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Antoine Danchet
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What do Heartz and Dent suggest as the source for the crowd scenes, choruses, Priest scene?
Who questions this? |
Gluck's Alceste
William Mann, 1980 |
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By what designation did WM refer to Idomeneo?
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grosse Oper
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What WM predecessor had already combined seria with tragedie lyrique?
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Jomelli
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When and by whom was Idomeneo commissioned? When performed?
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1780
Karl Theodor & Count Seeau. 1780/1 |
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Where was the 1786 performance of Idomeneo?
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Auersperg palace
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What were the changes (4) to the 1786 version of Idomeneo?
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Arbace Act II scene replaced Id/Il scene
Fuor del Mar shortened, simplified No. 20 Duet "S'io non moro" replaced Idamante as tenor |
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For which Idomeneo performers had WM already composed arias?
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Anton Raaff, Dorotea Wendling
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What is the most unusual aspect of Idomeneo tonally?
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Each act ends in home key.
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Which two pieces in Idomeneo feature drops by tone in minor
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Tutti nel cor vi sento
Qual nuovo terrore |
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Which important arias (3) were cut from first performance?
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DOreste, dAiace
Torna la Pace No, la morte io non pavento |
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Who did Michael Kelly play?
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Basilio/Curzio
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What (2) things does Platoff find unhelpful about the Sonata principle in describing SM arias?
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It implies tonic/dominant polarity
It implies important recap |
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What are Platoff's characteristics of the first section of the "buffa" aria?
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Like Sonata exposition
Short two-bar phrases beginning on upbeat |
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What are the characteristics (3) of the second part of the Platoff buffa aria?
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A (I) B (x) AC (I) form
often thematically unrelated (esp. if 2-tempo aria) Patter |
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What four characters receive rondos for their final arias?
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countess
donna anna fiordiligi vitellia |
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How does Rosen explain slow-fast arias in terms of sonata form?
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End part, even though thematically unrelated, substitutes for recap
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After which aria, according to Rosen, did Mozart's thematic returns get less literal?
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Entführung (1782)
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What 2 arias are Webster's arie d'affetti?
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Un aura amorosa
Porgi amor |
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What, according to Webster, is the key of "aria d'affetto"
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Eb
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What 2 WM/daP arias have long, formal intro (Webster)
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Ah, Chi mi dice mai
Porgi amor |
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What, for Webster, do 2-tempo arias signify?
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High born or pretentious
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With which opera does Mozart initiate his practice of beginning and ending his operas in the same key?
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Entführung (1782)
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According to Webster, what is the only on-duet ensemble to be in real sonata form?
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"Ah, taci ingiusto core"
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Who questions whether Figaro is "in" D, and hence, the move to "subdominant" of the opening number?
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Webster
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Who says all of Act I is G-C progression?
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Carter
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Who sees Porgi Amor-->Act II finale as all "in" Eb?
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Allanbrook, Carter
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Who notes that sonatas are about single, not multiple mvts?
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Webster
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Who notes, regarding tonal unity, that audiences played cards?
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Platoff
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What is Rosen's DG opening span
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Overture to the end of DA, DO duet
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Who sang Ottavio in Prague? What other role did he sing?
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Antonio Baglioni, Tito
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Who sang Ottavio in Vienna?
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Francesco Morello
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What opera besides cosa rara and Figaro is quoted in DG finale?
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Sarti, Fra i due litiganti
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Year Joseph II replaced Italian company with German one
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1776
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Year Idomeneo Performed
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1781
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Year of Giovanni Paisiello's, Le barbier de Seville
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1782
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Year of new Italian buffo company
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1783
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Beginning of Figaro Compsition
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1785
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Month/Year of Vienna Figaro
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May 1786
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Prague performance of Figaro
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January 1787
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Vienna revival of Figaro
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1789
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Figaro's "bravura" aria
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Aprite un po' quegli ochi
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Count's bravura aria
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Vedro mentr'io sospiro
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How is "vedrò mentr'io sospir" undermined?
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extension of "nacesti" corrupts regular beat
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Letter duet
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"Che soave zeffiretto"
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Allanbrook's pastoral drama spans:
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"Che soave zeffiretto" (Bb) to
"Pace, pace mio dolce tesoro" (Bb) in finale |
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Allanbrook's pastoral numbers
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Letter duet Act III Peasant Chorus
Barbarinas "L'ho perduta" Susanna "Deh, Vieni" Reconciliation (Pace, pace, mio dolce tesoro" |
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Beaumarchais' First two comedies
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Barbier, 1775, comedy
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Beaumarchias' Nozze di Figaro
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1781 (written), 1784 (performed publically)
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Whence the theme "Voi che sapate"?
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Dante, Vita Nuova
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Which Acts combined by WM and da Ponte in Figaro?
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4, 5
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What are F's and S's dance rhythms in "Cinque, Dieci"
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F: bourée
S: gavotte |
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Who was Luigi Bassi?
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The Prague Count Almaviva and DG
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What is the "surface" dance of "Via Resti servite"?
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bourée
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What dance meters are in "Non piu andrai"
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March, Gavotte
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Allanbrook's "wave" breakdown for Act II finale
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3-2-2-1
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Who talks about Ab-G resoution spanning Porgi, Amor and Dove Sono?
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Carter
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What sort of minuet is Susanna's "Signore, cosè quel stupore"
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"Stage" minuet, noblest kind
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What dance is the "artificial recreation" of pastoral?
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Gavotte (Count's "Conosceti, signor Figaro?")
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Which arias in Figaro have repetitive line lengths, inducing WM to introduce musical variety?
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Voi che sapete
Deh, vieni |
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How does Noske characterize Susanna's music in Figaro?
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descending leaps, coquettish triplets
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What does Noske say about the Count?
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"hot-headed anapests"
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Who wrote the earlier "Barber of Seville"
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Giovanni Paisiello
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Who wrote on Buffa conventions?
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Michael Robinson
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What writers have commented upon the parodying of the grand tragic style in Cosi?
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Dent, Kerman
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What aria in Cosi does Dent see as a seria parody?
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Smanie implacabili
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What (6) numbers seem to parody the "air" conceit of Metastasio?
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Soave sia il vento
smanie implacabile de pasta simile come scoglio Un' aura amorosa secondate, aurette amiche |
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Who wrote on parody and burlesque in Cosi?
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Rodney Farnsworth
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Who wrote on Cupid, Despina, and the Pastoral Mode of Cosi?
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Edmund Goehring
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What is the source of Alfonso's "Vorrei dir"
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An aria from Paisiello's "Barbier," which Bussani sang
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What were da Ponte's extremes that a finale had to cover?
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adagio to strepitosissimo
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What is the fast, gay minuet?
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Passapied
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Where is Cosi's pseudo-finale
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Act I, "alla bella Despinetta"
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Who played the first Fiordiligi?
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Adriana Ferrarese, da Ponte's mistress
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What pieces similarly vacillate between love and anger?
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Ferrando's "Tradito, Schernito," Elviras Ah, taci, ingiusto core.
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Which of Despina's numbers has a relationship to another opera? What opera? Why?
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Una donna a quindici anni, "Una Cosa rara," Dorothea Bussani the singerin each case.
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Three compound-meter dances, order of speed
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siciliano-pastorale-gigue
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What distinguishes pastorale?
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Frequent slurs, no dots
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Whence Despina's claim that taking a second lover is natural?
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Johann Pezzl (Mason), Skizze von Wien (178690).
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How did Hoffmann feel about cosi?
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truly operatic,
delicious irony |
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How did Hoffmann feel about DG?
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Figaro more a play with songs than opera
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How did Hanslick feel about Cosi? When?
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Not stageworthy. 1875
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What is the genre of cosi?
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Demonstration comedy
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What is the mythical source of the conceit of Cosi?
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Cephalus and Procris
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Who first associated Ariosto Canto 43 with Cosi?
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Kurt Kramer
Elizabeth Dunstan |
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Who was the founder of Merserism
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Franz Anton Mesmer
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When was Cosi first performed in Vienna?
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January 1990
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At what late point does Bruce Alan Brown think Cosi was "probably underway?"
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October 1789
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What was the month and year of the Figaro revival in Vienna?
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August , 1789
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Who suggests a link with Mariveaux in cosi (two couples)
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Andrew Steptoe
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What roles did Adriana Ferrarese play?
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Susanna in 1789 Figaro
Fiordiligi |
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What finale has probably the most prominent use of the minor mode?
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Cose
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Long passage of continuous music in cosi
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Gugliemo and Dorabella's duet to Per pieta.
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What cosi number begins with what seems a parody of Giulio Cesare and Idomeneo
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Act I Finale, "Ah che tutta in un momento"
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Where is pseudo-finale in Don Giovanni?
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Act II, between No. 19 (Zerlina's "Vedrai, carino") and Leporello/DE scene
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How does WJA characterize the difference between Figaro's, DGs finales?
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Figaro's resolve already-present problem, DG sets up and resolves its own.
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What is the dance suite of the beginning of the Act II finale of DG?
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march-gigue-minuet-march
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Who suggests the statue isn't there and "due della notte" means two hours till sunset?
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Rushton
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What is the actual song in DG?
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deh vieni alla finestra
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What two numbers present in the Prague production were omitted in the Vienna production of DG?
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·Il mio tesoro (21)
Leporellos escape aria (20) |
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What pieces were added for Vienna version?
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Elvira, opera seria scena In quail eccessi, mi tradì
Per queste tue mannine (21a) |
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How does WJA characterize the difference between characterization in DG, Figaro?
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More rigid in DG
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In what circumstances does DG adopt the "high" style?
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Only when addressing the Commendatore
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Who says DG's problem is lack of anxiety/guilt?
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Michael Beckerman, 1985
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Who classifies DA and DO as singing in the "classical Mozartian dialect"? What are the features of this dialect?
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Michael Beckerman 1985
harmonic surprises, dissonance, modulations |
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What is the exemplary "exalted" march?
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DA "Or sai chi l'onore"
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Who says D-minor is DA's key?
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Rosen
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Who ridiculed DO? Why?
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Hoffmann
Allanbrook: All tender virtues are savaged |
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In what source did DG steal Elvira from a nunnery?
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Molière
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What 2 characteristics do all of Zerlina's numbers share?
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Pastoral features
2-sections |
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What is the original source for DG?
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Tirso de Molina, 1630. "El burlador de Sevilla"
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What is the most important literary precedecessor of DG?
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Moliére, 1665
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What version of DG had DG struck by lightning?
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Carlo Goldoni. Don Giovanni Tenorio.
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What was the first DG opera?
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1669. Lempio punito. Acciajoli (text), Melani (music). Protagonist named Acrimante.
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What was the immediate source for DG for da Ponte and Mozart?
What important changes did it make? |
Bertati/Gazzaniga
Removes spiders, scorpions, vinegar |
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Who says "dramma giacoso" is not an ambiguous term?
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Rushton
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Who, recently, says "dramma giacoso" is an ambivalent term?
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Webster
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What was the year of Mozart's letter to his dad about kinds of roles in an opera seria?
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1983
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When was Bertati's DG performed in Vienna?
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February 1787
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When was the Prague premiere of DG?
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October 1787
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Who said final scene not included after first performance?
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Wenzel Swoboda (so it is said), double bassist in Prague Orchestra
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When was first Vienna performance of DG?
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May 1788 (No LII)
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When was second Vienna performance of DG?
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December 1788
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Who gave the characterization of DG as singspiel-romantic opera-music drama
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Christof Bitter
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Whence the Cherubino-Papageno-DG idea?
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Kierkegaard
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Who thinks DG is perfect matching of message & medium
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Kierkegaard
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Who says DG brings latent beauty of all women to fruition?
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Kierkegaard
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How do Dent and Grout differ on DG's genre
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Dent: buffa
Grout: "mixed" |
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What is Noske's take on DG?
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Social drama, DG attacks weakest link.
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Who, in DG, are Noske's "strong" characters for flouting social order?
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DG, DE
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What was Bernard Williams, 1981, take on DG
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DG important for freedom, love of life
Flawed by lack of compassion |
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Allanbrooke's take on the character DG
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He moves between buffoon, villain, so is neither
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How does WJA explain away the end
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It is "actual" song
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What impressario commissioned DG?
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Guardasoni
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What in DG is original da Ponte?
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Between Act I quartet and graveyard scene
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