BU111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Bel Canto, Il Trovatore, Jester

• School: WLU
• Department: Business
• Course: BU111
• Professor: Brandon Van Dam

Document Summary

Key terms: bel canto, rec tat ve, ar a, mus c drama gesamtkunstwerk le tmot v, themat c transformat on. Aria, la donna e(cid:588) mobile : now-famous melody (where have you heard it?, stroph c form, each stanza ntroduced by orchestra, vocal cadenza, melody repeats through rec tat ve that follows. Woman is fickle, a feather in the wind; changing her words and thoughts, When she"s weep ng or laugh ng, she"s ly ng woman s f ckle Man"s always wretched who believes her; if you trust her, watch out for your heart! Who from that breast does not drink love! Quartet, bella f gl a dell"amore : the duke pursues maddalena, sparafuc le"s s ster, duke"s melody: 16 bars, a a (cid:589) b a (cid:589, maddalena, g lda, and r goletto o n n, four vo ces sh ft through harmon es and modulat ons, long passage for all four vo ces.