Libretto

Dark Elegies: A Masterpiece Antony Tudor choreographed and wrote the libretto for Dark Elegies. The world premiere took place in 1937. It was held as part of the Ballet Rambert, in the Duchess Theatre, London on February 19th. In addition to Tudor, there were many other influential members involved in creating this dance work. Gustav Mahler composed the five songs that make up the score and Friedrich Ruckert wrote all of the lyrics. Nadia Benois created scenery and costumes, while Jean…

The St Matthew Passion is a sacred song that was written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727. It has interspersed chorales and arias as it sets to music chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew (Leahy, 2011). It is a great masterpiece of classic gospel music of all time. Three different excerpts of the music are analyzed in this paper with a special focus on the form, texture, harmony, relationship between text and music, and the dramatic significance. The main purpose for writing the song was…

cultural ethos. One can say that Seth draws his experiences from multiple locations. Anita Desai in a Review, Sitting Pretty, (1993) pertinently comments: Seth belongs to the generation of practitioners of Indian Writing in English, born after Independence who has attracted attention in India and abroad and even made the reading and writing of novels a respectable pursuit. (Anita Desai 26) Due to the diversity of his themes, forms and genres, the literary world wants to study him. Thus,…

philosophy based on debates and looking at the issues of politics, beauty and also love from different points of view. They valued the multiplicity of interpretations, which also influenced Giacomo Badoaro and Giovanni Francesco Busenello, who wrote the librettos for Monteverdi’s operas Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria and L’incoronazione di Poppea. The ideas of the Accademia thus also reached Monteverdi, who tried to depict the different views on love in these two operas through his innovative…

played baroque music are, Henry Purcell, Johann Pachelbel, and Domenico Scarlatti. These are only a few! Henry Purcell’s most known piece is called “Dido and Aeneas.” It is an opera that has three acts and was written by Henry but there was also some libretto by Nahum Tate. Next, is Johann Pachelbel. His most famous piece is known as, “Johann Canon.” Canon means is a piece of music that is characterized by imitation and repetition. Pachelbel was more known when his song got put in the movie…

Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis “Summertime” by George Gershwin in a song from the opera Porgy & Bess. Gershwin composed Porgy & Bess in 1934. The libretto was from DuBose Heyward’s novel Porgy. Over time it become a widely known opera and one of the most frequently performed operas. Many great pieces of music were in Porgy & Bess but “Summertime” was one of the most well-known pieces to come from the opera. Because its melody is so strong and its cords so complex, it became one of the most…

Centuries have passed since Edgar Allan Poe describes the death of a gullible fool, yet the taste of a murderer’s Amontillado wine remains bittersweet. Although the work is fictional, “The Cask of Amontillado” provides a realistic, emotional, and dismal libretto, depicted as a tale of revenge and a murder in cold blood. Through the use of symbolism, theological allusion, and foreshadowing, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” informs the reader that seeking revenge upon enemies proves as…

Great Minds Think Alike Harlem was ignited a movement before its time. Harlem was the location where greatness arose past the crust. The magnificent part about Harlem being this location where many would go to enjoy themselves was that these men and women were not Caucasian male and females, but majestic African-American men and women who would keep their audience dancing every night they would perform. Lorraine Hansberry was born during the Harlem Renaissance to Nannie Hansberry and Carl…

George Balanchine Russia's contribution to the great effervescence of ballet in the United States is complete and comprehensive. The master of this long alliance was undoubtedly George Balanchine, one of the greatest if not the greatest choreographer of the twentieth century. Born in St. Petersburg in 1904 in a family of artists from Georgia, Balanchine met ballet and music from the cradle. Trained at the School of Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg in the best classical tradition, Balanchine…

Music faced a major breakthrough during the Renaissance and the Baroque Period. It became an important part of the people’s lives. During the Renaissance most of the music were sacred music which basically means religious music. Along the sacred music secular music was beginning to flourish, and musicians started playing music in different places like courts and towns. Town musicians played music in feasts, weddings, and religious…