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A variety of musical terms are encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings.
2 17th century. 3 18th century. 4 19th century. 5 20th century. Toggle the table of contents. List of French playwrights. ... Eugène Scribe (1791–1861) Alfred de ...
The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué. [1] The plot concerns the assassination in 1792 of King Gustav III of Sweden [2] who was shot, as the result of a political conspiracy, while attending a masked ball, dying of his wounds thirteen days later.
Scribe by Nadar. Augustin Eugène Scribe (French: [oɡystɛ̃ øʒɛn skʁib]; 24 December 1791 – 20 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist.He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of many of the most successful grand operas and opéras-comiques.
In 1934 he collaborated as an orchestrator with his fellow countryman Carlos Gardel as part of the tango vocalist's contract with Paramount Pictures in their Astoria, Queens studios. [2] Tucci also served as both a close friend to Gardel as well as his musical scribe during the early 1930s. [3] [4] [5]
A Life for the Tsar (Russian: Жизнь за царя, romanized: Zhizn za tsarya listen ⓘ) is a "patriotic-heroic tragic" opera in four acts with an epilogue by Mikhail Glinka.
John Sykes, a veteran hard-rock guitarist who was a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and the Tygers of Pan Tang, has died, according to a post on his official Facebook page. He had battled cancer ...
Sarcophagus relief of Valerius Petronianus, with his slave holding writing tablets (4th century AD). In ancient Rome, an amanuensis (Latin āmanuēnsis, “secretary”, from ab-, “from” + manus, “hand” [5]) was a slave or freedperson who provided literary and secretarial services such as taking dictation and perhaps assisting in composition.