Artsong - during the romantic era, composers busied themselves experimenting ways to express music, such as the use of variations of compositions, lengths, new harmonies, and tonal relationship.
it is mostly accompanied by the - piano
the pianist is not just merely an accompanist but an equal partner to the singer.
in an art song, poetry is set to music, which further enhances the poem.
art song may be strophic where a tune is repeated for each stanza, or it may be through-composed where different musical settings for each stanza are present
it ends with section played by piano
the nearest example of an art song is our very own kundiman
opera - musical composition having all or most of its text set to music with arias, recitative, choruses, duets, trios, etc, sung to orchestral accompaniment
libretto - text of an opera
score - book that composer and librettist put together. it has musical notes, words, and ideas to help the performers tell the story
recitative - declamatory singing, used in prose parts and dialogue of opera.
aria- an air or solo singing part sung by an principal character
acts - main division of an opera
scene - place or setting
tenor - highest male voice
baritone - middle male voice and common male voice
bass - lowest male voice
contralto - lowest female voice
soprano - highest female voice
coloratura - highest soprano voice
lyric - bright and full sound
dramatic - darker full sound
mezzo-soprano - common, strong middle voice, tone is darker or deeper than soprano
giacomo puccini - born dec 22, 1858. famous operas: la boheme, tosca, madame butterfly, turandot
alexandre cezar leopold bizet - opera:carmen. died at 36, during first round performance of carmen
giuseppe verdi - opera:oberto, 25 operas. works: la traviata, rigoletto falstaff, otello, aida
richardwarner - introduced new ideas in harmony, including extremes of chromanticism; an advocate of a new form of opera called music opera
franz peter schubert - "lieder" schubert song, famous lieder:erlkonig
sarsuwela - also known as "dramasimbolico",was a traditional theatre genre that dominated the philippines theatre scene over one hundred years.
leahsalonga - she received order of lakandula award by pres. gloria arroyo macapagal. was a singer.
dalagang bukid (country maiden 1919) - most popular sarsuwela in tagalog
sarsuwela - often presented in oneact and threeact presentation. each act consist of four or five songs
songs - functions as a part of dialogue among the characters;it gives life to the play.
levicelerio - leaf-player;named as the national artist of the philippines for music.
leonignacio - learned to play violin at 14;song-dalagang bukid.
severinoreyes - pen name- lola basyang;nn:don binoy. "father of the tagalog zarzuela" play: walang sugat.
patricio geronimo mariano - was a katipunan member.