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Music Chapter 11 Vocab
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Italian for "first lady;" leading soprano of the opera
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Terms in this set (12)
prima donna
Italian for "first lady;" leading soprano of the opera
Broadway
a theater district in New York City; also refers to an American industry of musicals and plays
musical
a play that includes singing and dancing as well as spoken lines
opera
musical genre in which singers and instrumentalists combine text and music in a staged dramatization of a story
academy
in the Baroque, a circle of friends who gathered together to discuss literary and philosophical ideas
Baroque
musical era from approximately 1600-1750
castrato
man who was castrated before puberty, resulting in the retention of a treble vocal range
classical
period in Western art music that dates from approximately 1750-1820
libretto
the written story of an opera
verismo
"realism;" especially refers to a late nineteenth-century Italian aesthetic that favored "realistic" storylines about everyday life over myths and legends
aria
lyric song for solo voice; also found in large-scale genres, including opera and cantata
megamusical
musical that uses pre-set special effects and staging to capture the audience's attention and to ensure uniformity of the show