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  2. List of musical items in Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

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    Ben mi lusinga alquanto ("Much I am flattered") Orfeo Ahi, sventurato amante ("Ah, unhappy lover that I am") In two sections; the Underworld sinfonia plays at the end of each section Coro di spiriti (Chorus of spirits) Nulla impresa per uom si tenta invano ("Nothing is undertaken by man in vain")

  3. Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi - Wikipedia

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    The Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi) is an Italian orchestra based in Milan. The orchestra refers to itself as La Verdi colloquially. The orchestra's primary residence is the Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo .

  4. Opera - Wikipedia

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    In Italian opera after about 1800, the "overture" became known as the sinfonia. [54] Fisher also notes the term Sinfonia avanti l'opera (literally, the "symphony before the opera") was "an early term for a sinfonia used to begin an opera, that is, as an overture as opposed to one serving to begin a later section of the work". [54]

  5. List of compositions by Gioachino Rossini - Wikipedia

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    Sinfonia "al conventello" (1806) Cinque duets pour cor (1806) Sinfonia (1808, used in L'inganno felice) Sinfonia (1809, used in La cambiale di matrimonio et Adelaide di Borgogna) Sinfonia "obbligata a contrabasso" (1807–10) Variazioni di clarinetto (1809) Quartetto per flauto, clarinetto, fagotto e corno (1810?) Andante e tema con variazioni ...

  6. Sinfonia - Wikipedia

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    Sinfonia (IPA: [siɱfoˈniːa]; plural sinfonie) is the Italian word for symphony, from the Latin symphonia, in turn derived from Ancient Greek συμφωνία symphōnia (agreement or concord of sound), from the prefix σύν (together) and ϕωνή (sound).

  7. Die Harmonie der Welt - Wikipedia

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    The title of the opera is taken from Harmonices Mundi by the astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) who is the subject of the opera. Hindemith used the planetary system as a metaphor for his own musical arrangement of the chromatic scale. The opera was completed in May 1957. Hindemith had previously composed a symphony of the same name in ...

  8. Italophilia - Wikipedia

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    Italian opera was adapted by French, German and Russian composers, who developed their own national schools of opera. Italian instrumental music was studied and emulated all over Europe. The sonata, concerto, sinfonia, oratorio and other musical forms all originated in Italy. Italian terminology defining the tempo and mood of a musical passage ...

  9. Da capo aria - Wikipedia

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    It is sung by a soloist with the accompaniment of instruments, often a small orchestra. The da capo aria is very common in the musical genres of opera and oratorio. According to Randel, a number of Baroque composers (he lists Scarlatti, Hasse, Handel, Porpora, Leo, and Vinci) composed more than a thousand da capo arias during their careers. [1]