Arias, Mozart, and Women in Opera

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  • Composers are artists who write music to be played or performed by musicians.
  • An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art.
  • A classical composer might work by writing out musical notation and trying things out on the piano.
  • Sync is a process where songs are combined with moving images film, TV series, adverts, video games, trailers etc.
  • Its deals are usually arranged between a music publisher and a prospective client, which is normally a music supervisor or a film producer.
  • Handel was an English composer born in Germany who began as a Church and Cathedral Organist.
  • Composition is another word for writing and the act of writing or the piece of writing that results.
  • Anecdotal Information is evidence based on hearsay rather than hard facts.
  • The world of Music is a traditional music from the developing world and a different world.
  • If you're composing for art's sake, you're probably also making it for yourself.
  • Scripture is a story within the Bible and the sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible.
  • Concert is a musical performance given in public, typically by several performers or of several separate compositions.
  • Opera composer is a person who writes music, especially classical music.
  • Greek Mythology is the body of stories concerning the gods, heroes, and rituals of the ancient Greeks.
  • Subtitle is a subordinate title of a published work or article giving additional information about its content.
  • Aristocracy is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats.
  • Opera is a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
  • Opera is a very expensive form of entertainment until now due to the high costs of production, costumes, performers (Male sopranos, Soloists, etc), and orchestra group.
  • A diva is a famous female singer of popular music.
  • Handel composed Toria because he was forced to reinvent himself within the form of dramatic music.
  • Johann Matheson was a young German composer and a singer who hired Handel to play in his opera.
  • Italian is the language that operas are in.
  • A large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company, is known as a chorus.
  • Handel was not satisfied with Johann Matheson's play and showed him how to play the harpsichord.
  • A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession, or is musically talented.
  • A concert is a sacred opera that has no drama, no stage director nor customer, and no large rehearsal period.
  • King George II stood up for concerts in 1743.
  • A pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard.
  • A wine barrel is a container that holds wine.
  • Oratorical is related to the art or practice of public speaking.
  • Coral is composed for or sung by a choir or chorus.
  • An artifact is an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
  • The piece by the Hollywood Chorus, "Water Music", is an instrumental piece.
  • Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world and is considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
  • Johann Matheson cast Handel as the lead, Mepeson, in his opera.
  • Toria was composed by Handel.
  • An intermission is an interval between parts of a play, movie, or concert.
  • A group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music, is referred to as an orchestra.
  • An isolationist is a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  • A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.