MUS M 402 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I Rousseau and An Introduction to Comic Opera II Opera buffa III Writer s Opera vs Singer s Opera Outline of Current Lecture I Gluck s Operatic Manifesto II Exploring How Composers Utilized the Emerging Classical Style Current Lecture I II Gluck s Operatic Manifesto a Gluck s Operatic Manifesto was Gluck s second reform of opera i Gluck desired to reform opera buffa and opera seria because he did not care for comical opera and wanted to get back to a more serious type of opera ii Music was restricted to the function of serving the poem with expression and involved less ornamentation iii The dialogue was not so strictly split up between arias and recitatives iv For the first time the Overture was responsible for introducing the main themes of the opera v Instrumental interjections now were designed to be impulses of the moment to spur on the emotion of the storyline b Gluck s reform the perfect order of expected elements and forms i Gluck creates a classical aesthetic with the repetition of simple elements in a perfect order Exploring How Composers Utilized the Emerging Classical Style a Dramatic integration the integration of ballet singers and orchestra music together i Tremendous power is generated through a variety of means and very predictable materials b Expected syntax composers in the emerging classical style are able to please and fulfill the expectations of the audience by sticking to the expected syntax and simplicity of style
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