what are the characteristics of romantic opera?
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['-The melody was long and lyrical with irregular phrases; wide somewhat angular skips, and a variaty of melodic ideas wihtin one movement.', '-The harmony was expanded with more dissonance chords with more modulaity.', '-The rythem was frequent changes in the tempo and time signiture.']
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The music of the classical era generally has a formal, balanced, and symmetrical structure. There are “rules” per se, of what is and isn't “permitted.” The music of the romantic era loosens those restrictions considerably, allowing for more freedom of form and expression.
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Classical music may sound happy or sad, but even the emotions stay within acceptable boundaries. Romantic-era composers kept the forms of Classical music, but the Romantic composer did not feel constrained by form.
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['Bel Canto. This Italian phrase means “beautiful singing”. ... ', 'Opera Buffa. Comic opera, always sung in Italian. ... ', 'Opera Seria. Serious opera. ... ', 'Grand Opera. Spectacular opera. ... ', 'Music Drama. A style of opera that is created by a single artist who writes both the text and the music to advance the drama.']
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The Main Characteristics of Classical Music More variety and contrast within a piece than Baroque (dynamics, instruments, pitch, tempo, key, mood and timbre). Melodies tend to be shorter than those in baroque, with clear-cut phrases, and clearly marked cadences. The orchestra increases in size and range.
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Like a musical, an operetta (most often) contains spoken dialogue, as well as song. Operettas are often satirical and witty, and tend to be much shorter and less complex than traditional operas.
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The main characteristics of Renaissance music are the following: Music based on modes. Richer texture in four or more parts. Blending rather than contrasting strands in the musical texture.
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Wagner's mature music dramas all share the same characteristics: an expansion of the musical structures that are governed by the use of leitmotifs (leading motives). These leitmotifs are melodic ideas associated with characters, objects, themes or emotions.
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Imitative polyphony is the distinctive characteristic of Renaissance Music. Baroque Period is characterized by grand and elaborate ornamentation of sculptures, theaters, arts, and music. The music genres which flourished during the Baroque Period wer the concerto, the fugue, the oratorio, and the chorale.
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A good voice has several characteristics, such as calm, nice, vibrating, well- modulated, trustee, low, manageable, warm, friendly, caring, strong, powerful, painted with intonation, filled, expressive, abundant, and friendly sounds.
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Opera buffa plots centre on two groups of characters: a comic group of male and female personages and a pair (or more) of lovers. The dialogue is sung. The operatic finale, a long, formally organized conclusion to an opera act, including all principal personages, developed in opera buffa.
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Most opera is sung in the language in which it was composed. So no special opera only language, but perhaps pretty poetic forms of the language. Often Italian, or French or German, or Russian, or sometimes Polish or Hungarian. ... Very different style of singing.
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['Thought/Theme/Ideas. What the play means as opposed to what happens (the plot). ... ', 'Action/Plot. ... ', 'Characters. ... ', 'Language. ... ', 'Music. ... ', 'Spectacle.']
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Characteristics of the Gothic include: death and decay, haunted homes/castles, family curses, madness, powerful love/romance, ghosts, and vampires.
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['Clear pronunciation.', 'Pre-planned or Preparation.', 'Conciseness.', 'Attractive.', 'Natural voice.', 'Free form error.', 'Consideration for the receiver.', 'Maintaining neutrality.']
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['a break and an extension of modernity musically.', 'irony.', 'Boundary erased between past and present styles; they meet in one.', "challenges the boundaries between 'high'/elitist and 'low'/populist styles.", 'No value of structural unity.', 'avoids generalized forms, strict genres.']
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['The hero is outstanding. ... ', 'The setting is large. ... ', 'The action is made of deeds of great valour or requiring superhuman courage.', 'Supernatural forces—gods, angels, demons—insert themselves in the action.', 'It is written in a very special style (verse as opposed to prose).', 'The poet tries to remain objective.']