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The farewell aria of Sultan Bazajet in Handel's opera Tamerlano (note the da capo instruction). First edition, London, 1719. In music, an aria (Italian:; pl.: arie, Italian:; arias in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, Italian:; pl.: ariette; in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger ...
Aria (canzonetta) for voice and piano, transcription of an insertion aria sung by Luigi Marchesi with several texts in several operas. The version with the text "Ridente la calma" was inserted in Francesco Bianchi's Il trionfo della pace (1782). [1] The original author of the music may be Josef Mysliveček.
"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Italian pronunciation: [liˈbjaːmo ne ˈljɛːti ˈkaːlitʃi]; "Let's drink from the joyful cups") is a famous duet with chorus from Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata (1853), one of the best-known opera melodies and a popular performance choice (as is this opera itself) for many great tenors and sopranos.
An art song is a Western vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment, and usually in the classical art music tradition. By extension, the term "art song" is used to refer to the collective genre of such songs (e.g., the "art song repertoire"). [ 1 ]
4 Songs on Serbian Folk Poems: voice and piano: 30: 7: 1872: Písně z rukopisu „Královédvorského“ Songs from the "Dvůr Králové" Manuscript ("Queen's Court") voice and piano: 6 songs 31 – 1872: Tři nokturna 2. Májová noc: 3 Nocturnes 2. May Night: orchestra: others lost; nocturne B. 47 may be one of these 32: 8: 1872: Silhouetty ...
The finale of act 2, lasting 20 minutes, is one of the longest uninterrupted pieces of music Mozart ever wrote. [36] Eight of the opera's 11 characters appear on stage in its more than 900 bars of continuous music. Mozart uses the sound of two horns playing together to represent cuckoldry in the act 4 aria "Aprite un po' quegli occhi ". [36]
from "Three songs for voice and piano, Op. 88" 265: 80 — 1935: opera: Die schweigsame Frau, comic opera in three acts 266 — 119: 1936: choral (orchestral) Olympic Hymn (Völker! Seid des Volkes Gäste) for choir and orchestra 267 — 120: 1935: choral: Die Göttin im Putzzimmer (Welche chaotische Haushälterei) for 8-part unaccompanied ...
Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana.Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images").