...Beijing Opera (Youtube Project) This project is centered on Beijing Opera also referred to as Peking Opera or as the Chinese call it Jingju. It’s a form of the traditional Chinese theater that combines dance, mime, acrobatics, music, and vocal performance. Beijing Opera developed in the late eighteenth century and became fully recognized throughout China by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has become one of the cultural treasures of China. Major performances are based in Beijing, Southern Shanghai, Northern Tianjin, and Taiwan. It has also spread to other countries such as the United States and Japan. Political influences have long played a part in the arts of China (World Music, 187). The Taiwanese took on the Opera and made it into their own. Naming it Guoju, which means national, or the in other words the National Opera. This reflects disputes over the true seat of Chinese government. After the Chinese Civil War ended, Beijing opera became the focal point of ethnic identity for the Mainland and Communist party. When the Communist Party of China came to power in the Mainland, the newly formed government moved to bring art into line with Communist ideology. Their goal was to make art and literature a component of the revolution. Dramatic works without Communist themes were considered subversive, and were ultimately banned during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Before Beijing opera evolved it was considered a religious...
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...Executive summary Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest and most refined forms of Chinese opera. It is a combination of music, drama, poetry and dance, some of which could track back to the late period of Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Nowadays, a group of researches in the United Kingdom have discovered the considerable attraction of Kunqu Opera to some western performers. Consequently, performing Kunqu Opera in Australia may be a feasible plan, however, introducing such a traditional Chinese opera style to Australia may generate some inevitable cross-cultural issues. This report will discuss the potential issues in relation to sources, artistic characteristics, music styles and performances. Based on the issues, the recommendations are suggested as below. * Chinese traditional stories should be transferred into local stories. * Chinese complex poetry needs to be changed into Australian poetry. * Giving out handbills may help audience understand the opera. * More innovation should be injected into the performers’ clothes. * The combination with eastern instruments and western instruments may address the music styles issues. * Attempts should be made to use some English songs. * Other performance opportunities should be found more than the theatre. * Establishing some classes about Kunqu Opera may attract more Australians’ attention. Background to the project Kunqu Opera which belongs to one of the oldest Chinese Opera patterns is a historical and...
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...POINTERS TO REVIEW in MUSIC III I. Philippine Music A. Ethnic Traditions B. Spanish Traditions C. American Traditions D. Original Pilipino Music II. Chinese Music A. North/South Han Chinese B. Musical Style C. Vocal Music D. Instruments III. Japanese Music - Ongaku A. Traditional Music – 2 Forms of Music B. 2 Types of Gagaku C. 3 Musical Styles of the Gagaku D. 3 Forms of Theater and Dance PHILIPPINE MUSIC Ethnic Traditions * Pre-colonial or Pre-Spanish * Common in the mountainous regions of the North and the archipelago of the South * May be instrumental or vocal * Belief of a God that provides to all their needs. Example: bountiful harvest, wedding, etc. * Instruments are made of bronze, bamboo or wood Instruments: 1. Saggeypo/Diwas 2. Tongatong 3. Bungkaka 4. Kubing 5. Gandingan 6. Dabakan 7. Kudyapi 8. Kulintang 9. Babandil Spanish Traditions * Religious influence connected to and outside the Catholic Liturgy * European type of music adapted by the Filipinos. (Opera, Troubadours, Orchestra, Rondalla, etc Examples: * Pabasa/Pasyon * Panunuluyan * Zarswela * Moro-moro * Senakulo American Traditions * American Teachers introduced the singing of Philippine songs in Western Style. * Three types of Music: Classical, Semi-classical and Popular Music Examples: * CLASSICAL MUSIC-art songs, kundiman * SEMI-CLASSICAL MUSIC-folk songs...
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...As adults, the performers are seemingly rewarded for the fruits of their labors as children in the brutal opera training troupe once they become renowned adult opera performers. The title of the film is derived from the eponymous play performed in the play first by a middle aged Sitou and Douzi who originally learned it, as we see later on, as children. This play sets up Shitou and Douzi in their dual roles as the king and concubine. Shitou, who is portrayed by the actor Zhang Fengyi, is assigned the role of the masculine king and later on becomes known through the stage name Duan Xiaolou. Douzi, portrayed by the actor Leslie Cheung, is assigned the role of the female concubine in the “dan” role and later on becomes known through the stage...
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...Rene Gallimard is in a prison cell listening to an audiocassette player. 5. How many (acts and/or scenes) are there in the play? 3acts, 27 scenes 6. There are # of characters in the play. 10 characters appear on stage 7. Who is the play about? Who are the lead characters whose interaction creates the play? Rene Gallimard - former French diplomat in the French embassy in China, who has imprisoned for treason. He is an unimpressive man, age 65. Song Liling- she (man acting as woman) is a performer, Chinese opera singer who is also a spy for Vietnam War. 8. Who are the supporting (or minor) characters? Helga-Ambassador’s wife Marc-Indulgent white man Chin-Loyal servant of Mao 9. Stage Action: What happens that creates the play? Rene Gallimard, a civil servant in French embassy in China falls in love with the beautiful Chinese opera singer, Song Liling, who acts and sings in the opera Madam Butterfly. Soon, he has an affair with Song and their relationship lasts for 20 years until Gallimard is convicted of treason and imprisoned. Later, he finds out that the perfect woman he loves is actually a man and a spy. Unable to face the truth, he commits suicide in the end. 10. What is the dominant conflict of the action—when does it reach the highest point of complication, and how is it resolved? The dominant conflict is Gallimard being betrayed which stems from the wrong perceptions of Western and Eastern cultures...
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...known for operas he also plays the violin. In April 1993 he made his way to Broadway but he was composing music for tony Kirchner's it was a prize wining play angels in America. It was directed by George C. Wolfe. His music is also heard in Kirchner's companion piece, Perestroika, which opened on Broadway in November 1993. David's works also include the Violin Sonata, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its Centennial; Jacob's Ladder, a tribute to David's mentor Jacob Drumstick commissioned by the Kansas CitySymphony; Es u Variations, a concert opener for the Atlanta Symphony; Happy Valley Blues, a work for the String Trio of New York with Davis on piano; and "Pale Grass and Blue, Then Red," a dance work choreographed by Ralph Lemon for the Limon Dance Company. His orchestral works have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, Beethoven Hale Orchestra of Bonn, and the American Composers Orchestra. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed David's opera X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X in concert in November 1992. The Pittsburgh Symphony commissioned a concert-opener from Davis entitled Tales (Tails) of the Signifying Monkey. In the 2003-2004 season Davis served as Artistic Adviser of the American Composers Orchestra's Improvise! festival and conference which featured a performance of Wayang V with Davis as piano soloist. Oakland Opera Theater...
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...AND UTAH OPERA: A MERGER PROPOSAL Case study prepared by Kristian Alexander for Professor John Oesch. © Rotman School of Management, Kristian Alexander, 2004. ____________________________________________________________ _______________________ 1. The case1 Unlike major arts organizations in Europe and Canada that rely heavily on government agencies for their funding, orchestras and opera companies in the United States operate according to a very different financial model and generate income primarily through ticket sales (approximately 46%) and individual contributions (approximately 36%). Since September 11, 2001, all arts organizations in the United States had experienced a dramatic decline in public and government subsidies that had led to revenue loss and major operating deficit. To compensate for the decline in attendance, ticket prices had been slightly increased but this did not stop the stagnation in the arts organizations. Utah Opera was formed in 1976 by the renowned European operatic talent Glade Peterson who served as a General Director until his death in 1990. The following year Anne Ewers was named General Director. Under her direction, the opera continued to 1 Case study written by Professor Thomas J. DeLong and Ph.D. Candidate David L. Ager, Harvard Business School, No. 9-404-116, Boston, MA, 2004. 1 grow, increasing its number of annual productions and the number of young people attending the performances of the Opera to 70,000...
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...1. Describe some of the ways of gathering primary data. Interviews There are three different ways to conduct interviews, and they are: Face-to-face interviews can be conducted by having question and answer sessions with one or more people. Ask people on the streets, go door-to-door to gather information, or make an appointment with an expert. Web-based interviews, on the other hand, make use of the internet to gather information so you will not have to the field for it. This latter method is also less costly and more convenient to use. Telephone interviews are very much similar to face-to-face interviews, but they are shorter in comparison and more structured. You may also have to send a letter to inform the interviewee in advance so they would expect your call. Surveys and Questionnaires: both are popular means of gathering data and can reach a large number of people, but they need to be designed and reedited repeatedly to make them acceptable to people. You can either print out copies to hand them out to people or send them to your respondents through email. Though this method is relatively cheap to conduct and requires no prior arrangements, surveys and questionnaires have the risk of low response rates and some may turn out to be incomplete. Focus group interviews and consumer panels: gather a group of people, specifically from your company's target market, and have a facilitator guide them in examining a certain product and asking their opinions on said product....
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...and the churches were important elements in one’s life. Never to hate people who have mistreated you, but feel sorry for the people that discriminate against you because they are weaker. Simon had three daughters from his first marriage and later divorced and remarried to another woman that had three daughters with and is still married to now. His daughters were taught the importance of spirituality, values, principles, morality, and honesty. His education graduated from high school went to Indian Hills one year then went to University of Iowa to study several degrees then went to music then switched to the Julliard School of music to have more training in music. Then Professor Charles Kellis showed Simon what Operatic recordings and what opera is all about and Simon loved what was played. Simon made a break through when he won at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition, in which is how Simon went to the White House to perform for President Lyndon Johnson. Then Simon performed for several composers in Germany and in the United States and was the first African male that had a leading role at Bayreuth. Have many foundations to support seniors all over the world to go to college and for many health diseases and support against HIV/AIDS. Simon Estes: Achievements in Life Rising from humble beginning in the small town Centerville, Iowa, Simon Estes, grandson of a slave, son of father who struggled for his family, is an amazing African-American success. Had many family values...
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...(2 May 1660 – 24 October 1725) Alessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Life Scarlatti was born in Palermo, then part of the Kingdom of Sicily. He is generally said to have been a pupil of Giacomo Carissimi in Rome, and some theorize that he had some connection with northern Italy because his early works seem to show the influence of Stradella and Legrenzi. The production at Rome of his opera Gli Equivoci nell sembiante (1679) gained him the support of Queen Christina of Sweden (who at the time was living in Rome), and he became her Maestro di Cappella. In February 1684 he became 'Maestro di Cappella to the viceroy of Naples, perhaps through the influence of his sister, an opera singer, who might have been the mistress of an influential Neapolitan noble. Here he produced a long series of operas, remarkable chiefly for their fluency and expressiveness, as well as other music for state occasions. In 1702 Scarlatti left Naples and did not return until the Spanish domination had been superseded by that of the Austrians. In the interval he enjoyed the patronage of Ferdinando de' Medici, for whose private theatre near Florence he composed operas, and of Cardinal Ottoboni, who made him his maestro di cappella, and procured him a similar post at the Basilica...
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...A1. Before the merger, Utah Symphony had financial and leadership strengths and weaknesses. Financial strengths Symphony was the $8.8 million average endowments. A national trend led to the increases in ticket prices to yield higher revenues. The season prior to the merger, the symphony brought in considerable amount of revenue from events. The symphony brings in enough revenue to provide for full time positions for musicians through yearly contracts and salaries. The symphony is owned by the Salt Lake County; which potentially means the county could provide additional revenue through strong economic and demographic times. Another financial strength of the symphony involves a high rate of return on revenue through increasing the number of performances. By frequent repeat performances the costs are minimal compared to the generated revenue. Some financial weaknesses included donations for symphonies decreased nationwide. With ticket prices increasing, the attendance dropped and expenses increased due to a slow economy and rising supply prices. By the symphonies having such in slope in the attendance, it became pretty much impossible for the Utah Symphony to even consider adding more performances to the season, because they could not afford to hire on more musicians to accommodate these more performances. Another weakness includes a falling of revenues in order to support full time positions to staff members and musicians. The slow economy prevents the government from...
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...Karis Miller Bob Pedersen Music Appreciation November 5, 2012 Berg/Debussy/Stravinsky Chicago Symphony Orchestra The concert video that I watched was called Berg/Debussy and Stravinsky with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Pierre Boulez with soloist soprano Christine Schafer and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. On the video the full orchestra played three different composers musical works. Alan Berg, symphony selections from Lulu, there was also Claude Debussy’s Le Jet D’eau and Trois Ballades de Villon, and lastly there was Igor Stranvinsky’s The Firebird. This music was all from the Classical Period between 1750-1820. The first section that I choose to review was the last movement of Debussy’s music. The beginning of the fourth movements dynamics are Mezzo piano and with a tempo of accelerando. The soprano soloist begins singing allegro and builds the drama with her voice and with the help of the orchestra. The music soon climaxes fortissimo where the focal point is very dramatic and the orchestra is playing loud enough to her less of the soloist and more of the powerful sounds of the violins and the brass instruments in the orchestra. With many tempo changes, the music does an elaborate rise and fall beginning with much force and fortissimo and ending with a complete cadence that gives you a feeling of finality. I do think that the last cadence kind of left me feeling like I wanted more and didn’t want it to be over. I liked this piece very much but...
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...Music Composition Music can set the atmosphere for any situation. The key however, is the type of music and its classification. The type of music can be determined by the singer, types of instruments used and of course the rhythm. The classifications for types of music are often not based on the set parameters, though there are definitions for individual styles of music. For example Jazz is the only style of music that is completely American and is often characterized by fast tempos, lots of brass instruments and what is considered off beat rhythms. Female Jazz vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald typically sing in a contralto or alto vocal range. When one desires to become a vocalist, he or she must first determine the range in which they qualify.When one desires to becomes a vocalist he or she must first determine the range in which they qualify. Vocalization has different types. It depends on the type of voice in which bass is the lowest range and is normally a male singing voice. Baritone is the middle range for males and tenor is generally the highest range for male singers. For females, contralto is normally the lowest and on some occasions can be similar to the highest male’s voice. Mezzo soprano is the second highest for female singers and soprano is the highest for the female voice. The voice can also be considered as an instrument in a band today Musical instruments have similar classifications and they are the string, wind and percussion. The classification...
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...Privacy concerns and the use of internet cookies Jose Omar Garcia IFSM 201 October 21, 2012 Cookies evolved because they solve a big problem for the people who create web sites. They are small files stored on a user's computer as a text file and placed on the hard disk by a web page server. Designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website, they can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer. This allows the server to deliver a page tailored to a particular user, or the page itself can contain some script that allows the cookie to carry information from one website visit to the next. They are not used to run programs or to deliver viruses to your computer. Moreover, they are uniquely assigned to one computer in particular, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to the user. One of the biggest concerns with cookies is they potentially violate an internet user's privacy, many times without his or her knowledge. Even though many websites guarantee protection of personal information, many people do not like the idea of their passwords or other sensitive data being stored. Therefore, internet browsers provide various privacy settings so a user can prevent the installation of cookies or clear them at any time. This paper will explore some of the ethical implication of using cookies in the internet environment, particularly regarding protection of personal information. The use...
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...Utah Opera and Symphony Merger Utah Opera and Utah Symphony merger is an organizational plan to combine the two art-based organizations with an aim of increasing their effectiveness and efficiency. It involves fundamental changes that are beneficial to the operations of both companies. This documental analysis will assist Ann Ewers, General Director of the Utah Opera; make an informed decision concerning the merger process. The analysis will comprise motivation theories as well as other pertinent information that are essential for use in the merger process. It will also comprise different types of power and how to effectively deal with them in decision making, potential harm as a result of the merger, and how to utilize available influence in order to build additional support. A1. Bill Bailey Mr. Bailey Bill can effectively use McClelland’s need theory to convince Utah Opera to support the merger. The general concern raised by the theory is the need for affiliation. The theory emphasizes the need to continue with social relationships. It also calls for the need of group belonging and need for love (Kreinter and Kinicki, 2010). The opera members will be at a position of building more associations with individuals who support the added advantage of different art forms through additional interactions available with the symphony members. The merging of Utah Opera with Utah Symphony will ensure that the social circle will eventually grow to include all members...
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