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Minueto (Minuet) Isabel (Waltz on a theme by Johann Strauss II) La cartagenera (The Cartagena) Fantasía sobre motivos de "La Traviata" de Verdi (Fantasy on Motives of "La Traviata" by Verdi) [n 4] Fantasía sobre motivos de "Marina" de Arrieta (Fantasy on Motives of "Marina" by Arrieta) Serenata española (Spanish Serenade) [n 5] El ratón ...
The courtly Baroque zarzuela, a mixture of sophisticated verse drama, allegorical opera, popular song, and dance, became the fashion of the Spanish court for over the next 100 years. The opera artform flourished in Spain during the eighteenth century, with two excellent composers, Sebastián Durón and Antonio Literes.
Pasticcio – Opera made up of various pieces from other compositions. Singspiel – Form of German light opera, typically with spoken dialogue. Zarzuela – Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that incorporates operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. Oratorio – Large composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists, typically based on a ...
Minuet in the Classical period. A minuet (/ ˌ m ɪ nj u ˈ ɛ t /; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually written in 3 4 time but always played as if in 6 8 (compound duple metre) to reflect the step pattern of the dance. The English word was adapted from the Italian minuetto and the French menuet.
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Fernando Sor (baptised 14 February 1778 – 10 July 1839) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer of the late Classical era and early Romantic era.Best known for writing solo classical guitar music, he also composed an opera (at the age of 19), three symphonies, guitar duos, piano music, songs, a Mass, and at least two successful ballets: Cinderella, which received over one hundred ...
Goyescas is an opera in one act and three tableaux, written in 1915 by the Spanish composer Enrique Granados.Granados composed the opera to a Spanish libretto by Fernando Periquet y Zuaznabar with melodies taken from his 1911 piano suite, which was also called Goyescas.
Despite the few performances Berenice received, the slow section from the overture, which became known as "The Minuet from Berenice", achieved popularity outside the context of the opera, as did the aria for Demetrio in Act Two, "Si, tra i ceppi". Handel used the theme of the sinfonia that opens Act 3 in the overture to Music for the Royal ...