MAPEH Q1 4

• art song


  is a vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment
• art song


  is a vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment
• art song


  used to refer to the collective genre of such songs
• Poet

  composer

  singer

  accompanist


  an art song strives to be the perfect combination of music and literature, based on four elements
• piano


  helped more to add emotion into the Romantic art song
• Franz Schubert


  The Master of Art Song ( Song Cycle)
• song cycle


  A group of poems by one poet set to music by a composer connected by a central musical idea or mood is called
• opera


  referred  to as “a stage presentation or work that combines music, costumes, and scenery to relate a story
• opera


  story told by the composers through music while using the words of the librettist
• libretto


  script or the text of an opera
• text


  sung by the artists in operas
• Soprano

  Mezzo-soprano

  Contralto for women or the alto

  Tenor

  Baritone

  Bass


  There are different voices classified in six principal categories.
• stages


  an extraordinary place, with spectacular visual effects and big machinery
• recitative


  imitating the pattern and rhythm of speech
• aria


  an air or solo singing part sung by a principal character
• bel canto


  ●Italian for “beautiful singing”
• castrato


  young boys were castrated before they reached puberty to avoid the deepening of voice
• Comic Opera


  sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending and often including spoken dialogue
• Serious Opera (Opera seria)


  The story revolves around heroes and myths; emphasis is also given to the solo voice and bel canto style
• opera semiseria

  An opera that has a serious story but has a happy ending. It has the combination of elements of both comic opera and serious opera
• opera comique

  A French opera wherein instead of singing, the lines are spoken.
• grand opera


  It is an opera of a larger scale, from the flamboyant costumes to the choruses; it also includes ballet
• Verismo 


  is the Italian for realism
• opera verismo


  The characters were often based on everyday people you meet in real life and the plot is often melodramatic.