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Monday, May 6, 2013

MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013

QUOTE:
"Music is to the soul as food is to the body."
AUTHOR: Rita Mae Brown
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“You need food to nourish your body and music to feed your soul."















COMPOSER
ROSSINI

The Italian Woman in Algiers Overture



L'italiana in Algeri - Emanuele Luzzati & Giulio Gianini (1968)
 http://nmas2.blogspot.com/2012/03/l-italiana-in-algeri-emanuele-luzzati.html#ixzz2RuolOiT3


The Italian Girl in Algiers (L’italiana in Algeri) was Rossini’s fifth opera (his first comic opera) written in in 1813 when he was 21 years old which took him just twenty-seven days to write. The plot is introduced with a lively overture. This famous overture, something of a tribute to Haydn’s Surprise Symphony, has light pizzicato passages contrasted by huge orchestral segments showing off Rossini’s flair for melodic invention.

The story of the opera revolves around the Bey of Algiers and his desire to add an Italian woman to his harem. The Italian girl, Isabella, is searching for her lost love, Lindoro, who has been kidnapped by the Bey of Algiers. In her search for Lindero she is shipwrecked in Algiers 


and taken captive by Mustafa (the Bey) who falls in love with her. While herself being held captive, Isabella surprisingly finds Lindoro among the Bey’s prisoners. Isabella hatches a plot of escape that involves flirtation and stealth to outwit the Bey. At the end,  she and Lindoro sail away together.

http://nmas2.blogspot.com/2012/03/l-italiana-in-algeri-emanuele-luzzati.html



GENERAL MUSIC
01. THEORY: STEP-WISE MOTION and THE MUSICAL ALPHABET IN NOTE READING
.......a.  CLASS WORKED TOGETHER ON NAMING NOTES THAT MOVE UP and DOWN IN STEP-WISE MOTION
.......b.  STUDENTS TURNED IN THE LAST 3 WORKSHEETS FOR GRADING
02.  WRITING A CRITIQUE FOR THE MUSICAL "MY FAIR LADY"
.......a.  DISCUSSION OF HOW TO WRITE THE CRITIQUE
............1)  STUDENTS TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH ON THEIR PERSONAL ENJOYMENT FACTOR and EXPLAIN
                  WHY (TRYING TO CONVINCE THE READER OF THE POINT OF VIEW BEING GIVEN)
............2)  STUDENTS TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH ON THEIR OPINION REGARDING THE ARTISTRY and EXPLAIN
                  WHY (TRYING TO CONVINCE THE READER OF THE POINT OF VIEW BEING GIVEN)
............3)  ARTISTRY IS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE ART WHICH DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUATE TO 
                  ENJOYMENT
..................a)  THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO APPRECIATING ART; A PERSON CAN RECOGNIZE THE TALENT                             IT TAKES TO PRODUCE THE ART BUT STILL NOT LIKE IT or VICE-VERSA THAT IS WHY THE 
                        CRITIQUE IS BEING WRITTEN IN TWO SECTIONS 

ADV. STRINGS
SPRING CONCERT (THURSDAY; MAY 30TH) PREPARATION
JUNE 5th 5:00 PM (4:30 CALL TIME) DEDICATION FOR PATRICK'S GARDEN 
VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION TO PLAY "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN"

BEG. STRINGS
SPRING CONCERT (THURSDAY; MAY 30TH) PREPARATION]