ORFEO

Meaning of ORFEO in English

Orfeo BrE AmE ɔː ˈfeɪ əʊ ˈɔːf i əʊ AmE ɔːr ˈfeɪ oʊ ˈɔːrf i oʊ —Italian [ oɾ ˈfɛː o \]

Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary. Английский словарь произношений Longman. 2012

ORFEO ED EURIDICE — It. /awrdd fe"aw ed e ooh rddee dee"che/ an opera (1762), with music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck.
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POLITIAN — orig. Angelo Poliziano or Angelo Ambrogini born July 14, 1454, Montepulciano, Tuscany died Sept. 28/29, 1494, Florence Italian poet and …
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OVERTURE — Musical introduction to a larger, often dramatic, work. Originating with Orfeo (1607), overtures served as openings for operas. The large-scale …
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OPERA — I Musical drama made up of vocal pieces with orchestral accompaniment, overtures, and interludes. Opera was invented at the end …
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MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO (GIOVANNI ANTONIO) — (baptized May 15, 1567, Cremona, Duchy of Milan died Nov. 29, 1643, Venice) Italian composer. The first of his nine …
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GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD — later Ritter (knight) von Gluck born July 2, 1714, Erasbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria died Nov. 15, 1787, Vienna, Austria German …
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ARIA — Solo song with instrumental accompaniment in opera , cantata , or oratorio . The strophic or stanzaic aria, in which …
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VIOLIN — Violin and bow. Click on the audio icon beneath the art to hear the sound of a violin. byname fiddle, …
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SYMPHONY — a lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, normally consisting of several large sections, or movements, at least one of …
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ROMANCE — literary form, usually characterized by its treatment of chivalry, that came into being in France in the mid-12th century. It …
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REGAL — also called Reed Organ, a small, easily portable pipe organ usually having only a single set, or rank, of reed …
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OVERTURE — musical composition, usually the orchestral introduction to a musical work (often dramatic), but also an independent instrumental work. Early operas …
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ORCHESTRA — Schematic of a typical arrangement of the instruments of the modern Western orchestra. Click on instrumental ensemble of varying size …
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OPERA
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LIBRETTO — ( (Italian: booklet), ) plural Librettos, or Libretti, text of an opera, operetta, or other kind of musical theatre. It …
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KETTLEDRUM — percussion instrument in which a membrane is stretched over a hemispheric or similar-shaped shell and held taut, usually by a …
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INSTRUMENTATION
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ARIA — solo song with instrumental accompaniment, an important element of opera but also found extensively in cantatas and oratorios. The term …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: PERFORMING-ARTS — DANCE Lincoln Kirstein (see OBITUARIES), one of the few supermen behind the establishment of ballet in the U.S. and whose …
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VIARDOT, PAULINE — born July 18, 1821, Paris, France died May 18, 1910, Paris in full Michelle Ferdinande Pauline Viardot, ne Garca French …
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RESPIGHI, OTTORINO — born July 9, 1879, Bologna, Italy died April 18, 1936, Rome Italian composer who introduced Russian orchestral colour and some …
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POLITIAN — born July 14, 1454, Montepulciano, Tuscany died Sept. 28/29, 1494, Florence Italian in full Angelo Poliziano, also called Angelo Ambrogini …
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ORPHEUS — ancient Greek legendary hero endowed with superhuman musical skills. He became the patron of a religious movement based on sacred …
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MUSGRAVE, THEA — born May 27, 1928, Barnton, Edinburgh, Scot. British composer, best known for her concertos, operas, and choral and other vocal …
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MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO — baptized May 15, 1567, Cremona, Duchy of Milan died November 29, 1643, Venice Italian composer of the late Renaissance, the …
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MARDERSTEIG, GIOVANNI — born Jan. 8, 1892, Weimar, Ger. died Dec. 27, 1977, Verona, Italy original name Hans Mardersteig printer and typographer who, …
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KALK, VCLAV — born Sept. 28, 1917, Policn, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic] died June 4, 1989, Prague Czech composer and conductor who …
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HOMER, LOUISE — ne Louise Dilworth Beatty born April 30, 1871, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S. died May 6, 1947, Winter Park, Fla. American opera …
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GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD — born July 2, 1714, Erasbach, near Berching, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria died Nov. 15, 1787, Vienna, Austria Ritter (knight) Von Gluck …
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FERRIER, KATHLEEN — born April 22, 1912, Higher Walton, Lancashire, Eng. died Oct. 8, 1953, London contralto who was one of the most …
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BUTT, DAME CLARA (ELLEN) — married name Clara Ellen Kennerley Rumford born Feb. 1, 1872, Southwick, Sussex, Eng. died Jan. 23, 1936, North Stoke, Oxfordshire …
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