Binghamton Impact of Social & Economic Development In London Italian Opera Discussion the instruction is in attachmentplease do not plagiarism!please messa
Binghamton Impact of Social & Economic Development In London Italian Opera Discussion the instruction is in attachmentplease do not plagiarism!please message me if you have any questions Music 15, Fall 2019
Unit 9 Assignment
Public and Public: G.F. Handel and John Gay in London
Due: Tuesday, December 3, 8pm
Listening:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Giulio Cesare, Excerpts (1724)
John Gay (1685-1732)
The Beggar’s Opera, Excerpts (1728)
Reading:
Rice, Music in the Eighteenth Century
Georgian London, 88-93
Metropolis on the Thames
Ballad Opera
Italian Opera
Haskell, The Attentive Listener
Addison, [On Italian Opera], 3-6
Fubini, Music and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Milizia, [On recitative and the aria], 255-259
Assignment:
I.
II.
After completing the reading, please answer the question below in one to two
paragraphs.
a. How did London’s social and economic atmosphere affect the popularity of
Italian opera in the city?
Come up with two discussion questions.
a. One about common critiques of Italian opera
b. One about what these critiques have to do with John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera
Turn in this assignment as a Microsoft Word document by 8pm on Tuesday, December 3 in the
designated assignment folder on GauchoSpace. For reference during discussion, please bring a
physical copy of your assignment to your section time. Your assignment should be in standard
format (name, date, section time, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, etc.). Your
TA will grade this assignment, and you may be asked to share it with your classmates.
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