Mapeh Unit 4 (Art Song nd Opera of the Romantic Period) )

• Grand Operas were known as serious works in the mid-nineteenth century, which became generally popular.
• Opera is described as an entertainment where "intellect and every noblest sentiment are fascinated at one and the same moment by the most delectable art ever devised by human genius."
• Aria forms a very significant part, giving an opportunity for the leading characters to express deep feelings of love, farewell, and the like.
• Recitative is a solo where the explanations and storytelling parts are half-spoken or half-sung.
• Libretto or "Little Book" is arranged in acts and scenes.
• Opera Score is when the composer sets the music on a libretto.
• Grand Opera is a long opera with a serious story.
• Opera Comique is a short opera with a humorous subject.
• Operetta is a small opera wherein the characters speak between songs.
• Art Song in the nineteenth century began with Franz Schubert, whose extraordinary works for voice and piano along with his prodigious song output revolutionized the German lied.