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Porgy and Bess — [ thumb|250px|The cast of Boston try out prior to the Broadway opening.] Porgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based… … Wikipedia
St Mark Passion (Bach) — The St Mark Passion (German: Markus Passion), BWV 247, is a lost Passion setting by Johann Sebastian Bach, first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday, 23 March 1731 and again on Good Friday 1744 in a revised version. Though Bach s music is lost,… … Wikipedia
Recitative — IPA|/rɛsɪtə ti:v/ (also known by its Italian name recitativo (IPA|/retʃita ti:vo/)) is a style of delivery (much used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas) in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms of ordinary speech. The mostly syllabic… … Wikipedia
Christmas Oratorio — This article is about the Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach. For Christmas Oratorios by other composers, see Christmas Oratorio (disambiguation). The Mystical Nativity (1501) by Sandro Botticelli The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts… … Wikipedia
David Perez (composer) — David Perez (1711, Naples ndash; 30 October 1778, Lisbon) was an Italian opera composer.Early yearsHe was the son of Giovanni Perez and Rosalina Serrari, both Neapolitans (the surname Perez, of Spanish origin, is even today fairly common in the… … Wikipedia
Davide Perez — (1711, Naples – 30 October 1778, Lisbon) was an Italian opera composer. Contents 1 Early years 2 Maturity 3 Career in Portugal 4 … Wikipedia
music, Western — Introduction history of Western music from ancient times to the present. All ancient civilizations entered historical times with a flourishing musical culture. That the earliest writers explained it in terms of legend and myth is… … Universalium
St Matthew Passion — St. Matthew Passion redirects here. For other musical settings of the passion after St Matthew with similar titles, see St Matthew Passion (disambiguation). Fair copy in Bach s own hand of the revised version of the St Matthew Passion , BWV 244,… … Wikipedia
Carmen — is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, [The novella was first published in 1845 in serial form in La… … Wikipedia
Messiah (Handel) — George Frideric Handel … Wikipedia
