Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Music Libraryhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTML/browse/?sort=added_a&start=20&display=grid2006-04-20T22:26:39-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Music LibraryMatrimonio segreto : dramma giocoso in due atti = ou, Le mariage secret : opera comiLe mariage secret : opera comique en deux actesque en deux actes2005-10-17T17:26:15-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc82/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc82/"><img alt="Matrimonio segreto : dramma giocoso in due atti = ou, Le mariage secret : opera comiLe mariage secret : opera comique en deux actesque en deux actes" title="Matrimonio segreto : dramma giocoso in due atti = ou, Le mariage secret : opera comiLe mariage secret : opera comique en deux actesque en deux actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc82/small/"/></a></p><p>Domenico Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 7 February 1792, just two months after Mozart’s death. It received immediate accolades, particularly from Emperor Leopold II, and the opera was performed a second time that day for a private audience that included the Holy Roman ruler. Il matrimonio segreto enjoyed a successful run that lasted almost a hundred years, with revised versions appearing in the second half of the nineteenth century; in 1933, the work was performed at the Library of Congress. Although the harmonic language is largely diatonic, Cimarosa’s beautiful melodies and exciting rhythms complement Bertati’s direct text. The opera presents the predicament of the secretly married couple without resorting to stock plot conventions such as characters in disguise, conveying the dramatic naturalness and simplicity promoted by Rousseau. The inventive orchestration, which includes clarinets, was another aspect of the opera that was praised by some (while Schumann appreciated the orchestration, Berlioz was unimpressed).</p>Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes2005-10-17T17:28:04-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc14/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc14/"><img alt="Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes" title="Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc14/small/"/></a></p><p>Although he did not have a production planned, Gluck composed the music for Iphigénie en Aulide for Paris, with the intention (along with Roullet) of establishing himself at the Opéra. He initially had difficulties convincing the Academy of Music to arrange for the production, but with the support of Marie Antoinette, the opera was finally realized in 1773. Gluck revised Iphigénie for performances in 1775. The most significant change was the addition of Diana as a character, whose appearance serves as the deus ex machina of the plot. He also altered and expanded the divertissements.</p>Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes2005-10-17T17:28:57-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc15/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc15/"><img alt="Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes" title="Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc15/small/"/></a></p><p>Although he did not have a production planned, Gluck composed the music for Iphigénie en Aulide for Paris, with the intention (along with Roullet) of establishing himself at the Opéra. He initially had difficulties convincing the Academy of Music to arrange for the production, but with the support of Marie Antoinette, the opera was finally realized in 1773. Gluck revised Iphigénie for performances in 1775. The most significant change was the addition of Diana as a character, whose appearance serves as the deus ex machina of the plot. He also altered and expanded the divertissements.</p>Iphigénie en Tauride. Tragédie lirique en quatre actes2005-10-17T17:30:12-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc35/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc35/"><img alt="Iphigénie en Tauride. Tragédie lirique en quatre actes" title="Iphigénie en Tauride. Tragédie lirique en quatre actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc35/small/"/></a></p><p>The contrast between Piccinni and Gluck can perhaps best be illustrated with Iphigénie en Tauride, as Piccinni’s opera appeared just two years after Gluck’s work on the same subject. In fact, supporters of Piccinni (“Piccinnistes”) hoped that the Italian composer would demonstrate the superiority of his style with Iphigénie, and scholars have used these settings to illustrate the difference between the two composers.</p>Isis; tragedie mise en musique2005-10-17T17:30:51-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc59/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc59/"><img alt="Isis; tragedie mise en musique" title="Isis; tragedie mise en musique" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc59/small/"/></a></p><p>Isis, which premiered January 5, 1677, at St. Germain-en-Laye, was the fifth of Jean-Baptiste Lully's tragédies lyriques written with librettist Philippe Quinault. The plot is loosely adapted from one of the episodes in Ovid's Metamorphoses. In many of its essentials, the plot of Isis resembles that of Lully's previous opera, Atys. In Isis, the nymph Io, daughter of the river Inachus, is promised in marriage to Hierax, just as the nymph Sangaride, daughter of the river Sangar, was promised to Celoenus. Like Sangaride, Io is pursued by another love and yields to this love in spite of her feelings of guilt. Like Sangaride, Io has a goddess as a rival and is vulnerable to her jealousy. Lully's contemporaries interpreted this story as representing the volatile situation between two of the King's mistresses. The subsequent scandale of the premiere ended the collaboration between Lully and Quinault for a time, and led to the dismissal of a number of members of Lully's artistic circle.</p>Isis : tragedie2005-10-17T17:31:40-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc74/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc74/"><img alt="Isis : tragedie" title="Isis : tragedie" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc74/small/"/></a></p><p>Isis, which premiered January 5, 1677, at St. Germain-en-Laye, was the fifth of Jean-Baptiste Lully's tragédies lyriques written with librettist Philippe Quinault. The plot is loosely adapted from one of the episodes in Ovid's Metamorphoses. In many of its essentials, the plot of Isis resembles that of Lully's previous opera, Atys. In Isis, the nymph Io, daughter of the river Inachus, is promised in marriage to Hierax, just as the nymph Sangaride, daughter of the river Sangar, was promised to Celoenus. Like Sangaride, Io is pursued by another love and yields to this love in spite of her feelings of guilt. Like Sangaride, Io has a goddess as a rival and is vulnerable to her jealousy. Lully's contemporaries interpreted this story as representing the volatile situation between two of the King's mistresses. The subsequent scandale of the premiere ended the collaboration between Lully and Quinault for a time, and led to the dismissal of a number of members of Lully's artistic circle.</p>Tom Jones; comedie lyrique en trois actes2005-11-08T13:31:44-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc36/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc36/"><img alt="Tom Jones; comedie lyrique en trois actes" title="Tom Jones; comedie lyrique en trois actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc36/small/"/></a></p><p>Philidor’s Tom Jones is representative of the continental interest in English literature. Henry Fielding’s homonymous novel served as the foundation for Philidor’s opera, but Philidor pared down the story quite a bit, especially downplaying Tom’s philandering ways. Many secondary characters and situations were also cut, a common technique that librettists employ when adapting prose writings to the stage. Thus, a central plot unfolds in a manner that the audience can follow, and the length remains manageable for an evening’s entertainment.</p>Les Danaïdes, tragédie lirique en cinq actes2005-11-08T13:34:18-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc46/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc46/"><img alt="Les Danaïdes, tragédie lirique en cinq actes" title="Les Danaïdes, tragédie lirique en cinq actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc46/small/"/></a></p><p>Antonio Salieri began work on Les Danaïdes upon the recommendation of Gluck, whose health prevented him from fulfilling a commission for the work. Although Salieri was living in Vienna, the tragedie-lyrique was written for the Opéra in Paris, with a libretto by François Louis Gand Leblanc Roullet and Ludwig Theodor Tschudi based on Calzabigi’s Italian libretto.</p>Le triomphe de l'amour : ballet royal2005-11-08T13:35:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc72/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc72/"><img alt="Le triomphe de l'amour : ballet royal" title="Le triomphe de l'amour : ballet royal" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc72/small/"/></a></p><p>Le Triomphe de l'Amour, a ballet de cour created by composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and librettists Isaac de Benserade and Philippe Quinault, was danced for the first time at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on January 21, 1681. Several setbacks, including the illness of the dauphin and the reluctance of court ladies to attend the ballet, postponed its premiere for nearly three months. Benserade, one of the creators of the ballet de cour, was drawn out of retirement to create verses in celebration of the dauphin's marriage to Marie-Anne-Christine-Victoire of Bavaria. The first public performance at the Palais Royale in Paris took place May 6, 1681.</p>Le triomphe de l'amour2005-11-08T13:37:03-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75/"><img alt="Le triomphe de l'amour" title="Le triomphe de l'amour" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75/small/"/></a></p><p>Le Triomphe de l'Amour, a ballet de cour created by composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and librettists Isaac de Benserade and Philippe Quinault, was danced for the first time at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on January 21, 1681. Several setbacks, including the illness of the dauphin and the reluctance of court ladies to attend the ballet, postponed its premiere for nearly three months. Benserade, one of the creators of the ballet de cour, was drawn out of retirement to create verses in celebration of the dauphin's marriage to Marie-Anne-Christine-Victoire of Bavaria. The first public performance at the Palais Royale in Paris took place May 6, 1681.</p>Tancrède: tragédie2005-11-08T13:43:52-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc23/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc23/"><img alt="Tancrède: tragédie" title="Tancrède: tragédie" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc23/small/"/></a></p><p>André Campra’s Tancrède, which premiered on 7 November 1702, is his best-known tragédie en musique, with a run of performances until 1764, and high praise by noteworthy music personalities such as Rameau. While the music critic La Cerf de la Viéville wrote positive comments about Tancrède, he was bothered by the opera’s use of low voices, which defied the tradition of employing castrati parts. Additionally, the role of Clorinda was written for a well-known contralto named Mademoiselle Maupin; although the range is that of a mezzo-soprano, the powerful quality of Maupin’s voice seemed to be a prime consideration for Campra.</p>Le mariage d'Antonio. Divertissement en un acte et en prose2005-11-08T13:44:37-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc24/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc24/"><img alt="Le mariage d'Antonio. Divertissement en un acte et en prose" title="Le mariage d'Antonio. Divertissement en un acte et en prose" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc24/small/"/></a></p><p>Lucile Grétry’s opera Le mariage d’Antonio premiered in Paris when she was a mere fourteen years old. As the second daughter of André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, she was afforded lessons at a young age in counterpoint and declamation. Her father supplied the orchestral parts for her comédie mêlée d’ariettes after Lucile had composed the vocal, bass, and harp parts. Although Le mariage d’Antonio was a modest success, Lucile’s second endeavor, a divertissement mêlée d’ariettes entitled Toinette et Louis (1787), did not receive the same positive attention. The young composer died from tuberculosis before she could establish herself further at the Comédie-Italienne.</p>Barbier de Seville [Il barbiere di Siviglia] Opéra comique en quatre actes2005-11-08T13:45:21-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc26/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc26/"><img alt="Barbier de Seville [Il barbiere di Siviglia] Opéra comique en quatre actes" title="Barbier de Seville [Il barbiere di Siviglia] Opéra comique en quatre actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc26/small/"/></a></p><p>Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia was based on the first play, Le barbier de Séville, ou La precaution inutile (1772), of Beaumarchais’s famous trilogy. The controversial commentary on aristocracy caused the play to be banned from the stage for three years. The ban was lifted in 1775 and the work premiered that same year; Beaumarchais finally saw the work performed in 1780 when he was employed by Catherine II in St. Petersburg. Although Rossini’s later opera (of 1816) is more familiar today, Paisiello’s rendition was extremely popular throughout Europe during its time. The work was first performed in St. Petersburg in September of 1782.</p>Mélomanie : opera comique en un acte en vers mêlé d'ariettes mis en musique2005-11-08T13:52:25-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc78/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc78/"><img alt="Mélomanie : opera comique en un acte en vers mêlé d'ariettes mis en musique" title="Mélomanie : opera comique en un acte en vers mêlé d'ariettes mis en musique" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc78/small/"/></a></p><p>During his early career, Champein was known for church music composed while he worked as music master at the collegiate church in Pignon (in the southern Provence region of France). He moved to Paris and established himself as an operatic composer; La mélomanie (1781) is one of his most famous operas, and it remained in the repertoire at the Opéra-Comique until 1829. La mélomanie actually mocks the debate between French and Italian styles of music, with Fugantini as an Italian who is rejected by the French Elise. References to harmony (a French feature) and melody (emphasized by advocates of Italian music) abound in the opera.</p>Orphée et Euridice; tragédie; opéra en trois actes2005-11-08T14:03:27-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc16/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc16/"><img alt="Orphée et Euridice; tragédie; opéra en trois actes" title="Orphée et Euridice; tragédie; opéra en trois actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc16/small/"/></a></p><p>The Viennese premiere of Orfeo was extremely well received, and Gluck decided to revise the opera as Orphée et Eurydice for Paris in 1774, with the French adaptation and additions provided by Pierre Louis Moline. The role of Orpheus was lowered slightly for an haute-contre singer (a male operatic voice type more in line with an alto range), adhering to French preferences. The opera was lengthened, to create a more magnificent spectacle, with extra arias, ensembles, and instrumental numbers. Gluck also modified the orchestration to accommodate the orchestra at the Académie Royale de Musique. This version, Orphée et Eurydice, became one of the most popular operas in France.</p>Épreuve villageoise : opéra bouffon en deux actes en vers2005-11-08T14:17:22-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19/"><img alt="Épreuve villageoise : opéra bouffon en deux actes en vers" title="Épreuve villageoise : opéra bouffon en deux actes en vers" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19/small/"/></a></p><p>L’épreuve villageoise started out as Théodore et Paulin before Grétry convinced Desforges to rewrite the libretto. The original three-act opera was reduced to two acts, and the improbabilities of the original plot were reworked. Théodore et Paulin received one performance at Versailles on 5 March 1784, but it was never published. L’épreuve villageoise appeared at the Comédie-Italienne on 24 June 1784. This revision remained one of the most popular of Grétry’s opéra-comiques, receiving performances throughout the nineteenth century.</p>Le Huron : comedie en deux actes, et en vers2005-11-08T16:10:34-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc20/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc20/"><img alt="Le Huron : comedie en deux actes, et en vers" title="Le Huron : comedie en deux actes, et en vers" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc20/small/"/></a></p><p>Grétry’s Le Huron takes as its source a short story called L’ingénu (Geneva, 1767), written by Voltaire under the name Dulaurens. The story was banned two months after its publication due to anti-government themes. For instance, the young man raised by the Hurons (the title character of the opera) was imprisoned for expressing his radical ideas about issues such as the treatment of the Huguenots. Voltaire’s character is derived from another source, the novel Bélisaire by Marmontel, in which a man is framed for a crime and awaiting the death penalty before being released. Marmontel, who corresponded regularly with Voltaire, created the libretto for Grétry’s opera. However, most controversial aspects of the story were eliminated or downplayed for the censors, and as a result, the anti-religious message is absent from Le Huron.</p>Panurge dans l'Isle des Lanternes : comédie lirique en trois actes2005-11-08T16:11:17-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc21/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc21/"><img alt="Panurge dans l'Isle des Lanternes : comédie lirique en trois actes" title="Panurge dans l'Isle des Lanternes : comédie lirique en trois actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc21/small/"/></a></p><p>Panurge, like Colinette à la cour, features recitative, rather than spoken dialogue. In his memoirs, Grétry recognized Panurge for being the first comic opera to enjoy a successful run at the Opéra, and he saw it as a turning point for this theater, which traditionally presented serious plots (Grétry, Memoires; ou, Essais sur la musique, 377).
The overture to Panurge was featured on concerts in the nineteenth century, and although the opera eventually disappeared from the repertoire, its long stint was noted as late as 1866, by which time it was no longer being performed (Crozet, Revue de la musique dramatique en France, 275-76).</p>Richard Cœur de Lion : opéra comique en trois actes2005-11-08T16:12:39-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc22/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc22/"><img alt="Richard Cœur de Lion : opéra comique en trois actes" title="Richard Cœur de Lion : opéra comique en trois actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc22/small/"/></a></p><p>Richard Cœur-de-lion is probably Grétry’s most famous opéra-comique. However, it was banned during the French Revolution and subsequent rebellions in 1830 and 1848 due to its favorable depiction of royalty. Other than those exceptions, the work has remained popular due to its well-developed and compelling plot, its idealized representation of the Medieval community, as well as its musicodramatic structure in which a recurring romance melody is treated as a unifying plot point.</p>Servante maîtresse : comédie en deux actes mêlée d'ariettes2005-11-08T16:13:25-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28/"><img alt="Servante maîtresse : comédie en deux actes mêlée d'ariettes" title="Servante maîtresse : comédie en deux actes mêlée d'ariettes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28/small/"/></a></p><p>The intermezzo La serva padrona first appeared between the acts of Pergolesi’s Il prigioniero superbo in 1733. This was the standard way in which to present an intermezzo. The work served as comic relief in the midst of more solemn opera serie, and incorporated elements of the improvisational commedia del’arte tradition. For instance, the few characters are drawn from stock types, such as the servant Serpina.</p>Serva padrona : intermezzo2005-11-08T16:14:05-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29/"><img alt="Serva padrona : intermezzo" title="Serva padrona : intermezzo" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29/small/"/></a></p><p>The intermezzo La serva padrona first appeared between the acts of Pergolesi’s Il prigioniero superbo in 1733. This was the standard way in which to present an intermezzo. The work served as comic relief in the midst of more solemn opera serie, and incorporated elements of the improvisational commedia del’arte tradition. For instance, the few characters are drawn from stock types, such as the servant Serpina.</p>Buona figliuola : opera comica2005-11-08T16:15:07-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32/"><img alt="Buona figliuola : opera comica" title="Buona figliuola : opera comica" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32/small/"/></a></p><p>Goldoni turned to Samuel Richardson’s novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740) as the inspiration for his La buona figliuola. In 1750, he wrote the play Pamela nubile and then turned it into a libretto for Duni. Although Duni’s La buona figliuola (1756) was a failure, Piccinni’s setting in 1760 was a huge success. The hilarious comedy coupled with Piccinni’s sentimental treatment of Cecchina contributed to the popularity of the opera, which still receives performances to this day. Typical of opera buffe, La buona figliuola features chain-like finales that propel the plot and characters to the end of the act (at that time, sectional finales were new to Rome). Other features of his music that receive praise are the beautiful, Italianate melodies, energetic accompaniments, and the variety of musical treatment throughout the opera.</p>Platée : comédie-ballet2005-11-08T16:16:20-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38/"><img alt="Platée : comédie-ballet" title="Platée : comédie-ballet" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38/small/"/></a></p><p>Jacques Autreau’s play Platée, ou Junon jalouse was based on a story by a second-century Greek author named Pausanias who chronicled his travels (including rituals and traditions) in ten books that represent the different regions of Greece. At the time Le Valois d’Orville appropriated Autreau’s drama for a libretto, it was uncommon for French court operas to include comic features, and even Autreau’s spoken play lacked the comic tone of the opera. Yet, the humor extends beyond the plot; for instance, the sounds of frogs and birds are represented instrumentally. Platée was first performed at Versailles for the wedding of the dauphin and Princess Maria Theresa of Spain in 1745.</p>Colonie : opéra comique en deux actes2005-11-08T16:17:35-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc41/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc41/"><img alt="Colonie : opéra comique en deux actes" title="Colonie : opéra comique en deux actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc41/small/"/></a></p><p>La colonie is Nicolas Etienne Framery’s French parody of Sacchini’s Italian L’isola d’amore, which was premiered during the 1766 Roman carnival. However, Framery chose music in a pastiche-like fashion from various Sacchini operas, without actually using any arias from L’isola d’amore. Although the operas that Sacchini specifically composed for Paris faced resistance from opponents of foreign composers, La colonie received praise from critics. The 1775 French premiere at the Comédie-Italienne was quite successful; the work even drew comparisons with Pergolesi’s wildly popular La serva padrona.</p>Renaud : tragedie lyrique en trois actes2005-11-08T16:18:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc43/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc43/"><img alt="Renaud : tragedie lyrique en trois actes" title="Renaud : tragedie lyrique en trois actes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc43/small/"/></a></p><p>Sacchini’s first opera for the French stage was Renaud. Although he had the support of Marie Antoinette, Sacchini quickly learned that foreign (especially Italian) composers in Paris faced difficulties. The premiere of Renaud was intentionally delayed in an attempt to highlight Sacchini’s privilege with the queen, and the opera did not enjoy immediate success, even from Piccinni’s supporters. However, Renaud went on to be performed frequently, appearing as late as 1815.</p>Finta pazza, drama.2005-11-08T16:22:33-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc44/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc44/"><img alt="Finta pazza, drama." title="Finta pazza, drama." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc44/small/"/></a></p><p>Although Sacrati’s La finta pazza (1641) was immensely popular and influential, the opera has received little discussion in modern scholarship, due in large part to the absence of the music (even the number of extant copies of librettos is very small). Since Lorenzo Bianconi discovery of a score that was used for traveling productions, the opera has received increasing attention.</p>Tarare : opéra en cinq actes avec un prologue2005-11-08T16:23:35-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc47/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc47/"><img alt="Tarare : opéra en cinq actes avec un prologue" title="Tarare : opéra en cinq actes avec un prologue" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc47/small/"/></a></p><p>Antonio Salieri’s French debut Les Danaïdes (1784) led to additional commissions, Les Horaces (1786) and Tarare (1787). Although Les Horaces was not well-received, Tarare was popular both in Paris and Vienna. Beaumarchais supplied the libretto for Tarare, basing his plot on the third volume of the exotic English collection The Tales of the Genii, or The Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar (1764) by James Ridley, (pseudonym for Sir Charles Morell), who claimed the stories were translated from a Persian source.</p>Persée : tragedie2005-11-08T16:25:12-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc60/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc60/"><img alt="Persée : tragedie" title="Persée : tragedie" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc60/small/"/></a></p><p>King Louis XIV's involvement in campaigns against the Dutch/Swedish alliance in early 1682 prevented him from attending the premiere of Persée in April of that year. As was customary in the operas of composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and librettist Philippe Quinault, the prologue included references to current battlefield exploits and portrayed the king as a paragon of virtue. The prologues of previous Lully operas emphasized glory and prowess over virtue; the change in emphasis in Persée may have resulted from the increased influence of Madame de Maintenon (the king's new mistress) in the court and her pension for decorum.</p>Phaëton. Tragedie mise en musique2005-11-08T16:26:03-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc62/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc62/"><img alt="Phaëton. Tragedie mise en musique" title="Phaëton. Tragedie mise en musique" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc62/small/"/></a></p><p>Like many of the operas created by composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault, his favorite librettist, Phaëton is filled with solar symbolism--a reference to the "Sun King," Louis XIV. The story also provides a political lesson: the haughty youth unable to contend with his position of power served as a warning to anyone brash enough to challenge the rigid mores of Louis' court. In addition to this political interpretation, the story is also a character study of a reckless juvenile whose arrogance destroys him. Phaëton's misguided and inappropriate attempts to make his lineage public bring about his downfall. The plot, like that of several of Lully's operas, is based on an episode in Ovid's Metamorphoses.</p>Thesée; tragedie mise en musique2005-11-08T16:27:30-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc71/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc71/"><img alt="Thesée; tragedie mise en musique" title="Thesée; tragedie mise en musique" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc71/small/"/></a></p><p>Thesée, which premiered at the court theater at St. Germain-en-laye on January 11, 1675, was Jean-Baptiste Lully's third tragédie lyrique created in collaboration with librettist Philippe Quinault. As in most of his libretti for Lully, Quinault combines a plot based on a classical source (an episode from Ovid's Metamorphoses) with references to contemporary events. The Prologue alludes to Louis XIV's personal leadership in the military engagements in the Alsace (along the French/German border). The juxtaposition of Venus' entreaties for pleasure with Mars' call to arms reflects a period of unease during which the French armies were in retreat from the armies of the Elector of Brandenburg. This resulted in the unique joining of songs of love with songs of war and victory.</p>Les deux comtesses : opera bouffon imité de l'Italien et parodié sous la musique2005-11-08T16:29:23-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27/"><img alt="Les deux comtesses : opera bouffon imité de l'Italien et parodié sous la musique" title="Les deux comtesses : opera bouffon imité de l'Italien et parodié sous la musique" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27/small/"/></a></p><p>Paisiello’s comic operas were some of the most successful of the time. In point of fact, his operas enjoyed 251 performances in Vienna between 1783 and 1792, compared to 63 performances of Mozart’s operas. The intermezzo Le due comtesse, which first appeared in Rome (with an all-male cast) on 3 January 1776, was translated to French and parodied by Nicolas Etienne Framery, who also adapted Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Parisian stage.</p>Phaëton : tragédie mise en musique2005-11-08T16:30:04-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc61/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc61/"><img alt="Phaëton : tragédie mise en musique" title="Phaëton : tragédie mise en musique" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc61/small/"/></a></p><p>Like many of the operas created by composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault, his favorite librettist, Phaëton is filled with solar symbolism--a reference to the "Sun King," Louis XIV. The story also provides a political lesson: the haughty youth unable to contend with his position of power served as a warning to anyone brash enough to challenge the rigid mores of Louis' court. In addition to this political interpretation, the story is also a character study of a reckless juvenile whose arrogance destroys him. Phaëton's misguided and inappropriate attempts to make his lineage public bring about his downfall. The plot, like that of several of Lully's operas, is based on an episode in Ovid's Metamorphoses.</p>Proserpine : tragedie mise en musique2005-11-08T16:31:11-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc64/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc64/"><img alt="Proserpine : tragedie mise en musique" title="Proserpine : tragedie mise en musique" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc64/small/"/></a></p><p>With Proserpine, composer Jean-Baptiste Lully returned to his collaboration with librettist Philippe Quinault, which had been interrupted when the poet was banned from Court for offending Madame de Montespan (the king's mistress) with unflattering references in Isis. By 1679, Quinault had been restored to favor. Proserpine was first performed at St. Germain-en-Laye in February of 1680. Though seventeenth-century audiences were familiar with the story of Proserpine being carried off into Hades from numerous ballets and stage plays, Quinault returned to the source in Ovid's Metamorphoses to embellish the plot. In addition to details drawn from Ovid, Quinault added some of his own, making Proserpine among the most convoluted of Lully's operas. While the prologue alludes to King Louis XIV in the guise of Jupiter, the play itself refers specifically to the king's recent victories over the Spanish and Dutch when Jupiter battles and defeats the giants. Robert Isherwood notes that Jupiter's trip to Phrygia may represent Louis' inspection of Flanders after its defeat in 1679.</p>Thesee : tragédie2005-11-08T16:32:44-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc76/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc76/"><img alt="Thesee : tragédie" title="Thesee : tragédie" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc76/small/"/></a></p><p>Thesée, which premiered at the court theater at St. Germain-en-laye on January 11, 1675, was Jean-Baptiste Lully's third tragédie lyrique created in collaboration with librettist Philippe Quinault. As in most of his libretti for Lully, Quinault combines a plot based on a classical source (an episode from Ovid's Metamorphoses) with references to contemporary events. The Prologue alludes to Louis XIV's personal leadership in the military engagements in the Alsace (along the French/German border). The juxtaposition of Venus' entreaties for pleasure with Mars' call to arms reflects a period of unease during which the French armies were in retreat from the armies of the Elector of Brandenburg. This resulted in the unique joining of songs of love with songs of war and victory.</p>Zéphire et Flore; opéra en musique2005-11-08T16:34:24-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc73/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc73/"><img alt="Zéphire et Flore; opéra en musique" title="Zéphire et Flore; opéra en musique" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc73/small/"/></a></p><p>Zephire et Flore, the only opera attributed to Louis and Jean-Louis Lully, sons of Jean-Baptiste Lully, sets a libretto by Michel Du Boullay based on episodes from Greek mythology. It was performed for the first time 22 March 1688 at the Palais Royale in Paris. There is no record of a court performance, and it was revived only once, in June of 1715, with revisions by Destouches. We know of no modern performances, nor recordings of the opera in whole or in part.</p>Hand-Written Program Lists, 1978-19812006-04-19T00:03:17-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc116/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc116/"><img alt="Hand-Written Program Lists, 1978-1981" title="Hand-Written Program Lists, 1978-1981" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc116/small/"/></a></p><p>Handwritten program lists for Music USA, 1978-1981.</p>Hand-Written Program Lists, 1981-19822006-04-19T04:49:58-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115/"><img alt="Hand-Written Program Lists, 1981-1982" title="Hand-Written Program Lists, 1981-1982" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115/small/"/></a></p><p>Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, 1981-1982. Includes:
Individual Program Lists, February and March 1978;
Handwritten Program Lists, December 1981;
Handwritten Program Lists, January-March 1982;
Interview with Lee Bark;
Notes for Art Farmer program;
UDC Lab Jazz Band;
Toni Wilson notes.</p>Hand-Written Program Lists, 1982-19832006-04-19T07:53:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc114/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc114/"><img alt="Hand-Written Program Lists, 1982-1983" title="Hand-Written Program Lists, 1982-1983" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc114/small/"/></a></p><p>Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, 1982-1983. Includes:
Handwritten Program Lists, September-December 1982;
Handwritten Program Lists, January-February 1983.</p>Handwritten Program Lists, March-July 19822006-04-19T11:51:18-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc113/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc113/"><img alt="Handwritten Program Lists, March-July 1982" title="Handwritten Program Lists, March-July 1982" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc113/small/"/></a></p><p>Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, March-July 1982.</p>Plain and easy introduction to practical music2006-04-19T19:28:49-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86/"><img alt="Plain and easy introduction to practical music" title="Plain and easy introduction to practical music" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86/small/"/></a></p><p>In 1597, while Morley was negotiating for the patent, he wrote his musical treatise, A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke. Although his preface contains the statement that he had “nothing better to do,” Morley probably knew publishing a treatise on the science of music would boost public interest in purchasing musical works. In addition, by publishing such a work, the English audience would view Morley as an authority in music (and he would become more likely to obtain the patent) (Smith, “Print Culture and the Elizabethan Composer,” 163). The work is practical, and is organized into three sections: teaching to sing simple song, teaching to sing two parts over a plainsong or ground, and teaching counterpoint.</p>Music USA Broadcast List 1964-19792006-04-19T20:15:37-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc112/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc112/"><img alt="Music USA Broadcast List 1964-1979" title="Music USA Broadcast List 1964-1979" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc112/small/"/></a></p><p>Typed list of Music USA broadcast schedule, 1964-1979.</p>Debrecen Jazz Days 19812006-04-19T21:02:39-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111/"><img alt="Debrecen Jazz Days 1981" title="Debrecen Jazz Days 1981" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111/small/"/></a></p><p>Handwritten notes relating to the Debrecen Jazz Days, July-August 1981</p>Music USA, list of international performances on programs, 19662006-04-19T21:22:08-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc110/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc110/"><img alt="Music USA, list of international performances on programs, 1966" title="Music USA, list of international performances on programs, 1966" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc110/small/"/></a></p><p>A list of programs for the year 1966 which substantially consisted of performances from musicians and groups in other countries.</p>Hand-Written Program Lists, Debrecen Jazz Days, September 8-13, 19812006-04-19T23:11:47-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc109/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc109/"><img alt="Hand-Written Program Lists, Debrecen Jazz Days, September 8-13, 1981" title="Hand-Written Program Lists, Debrecen Jazz Days, September 8-13, 1981" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc109/small/"/></a></p><p>Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, unknown dates. Includes: Gyorgy Szabados, piano: Budapest;
"Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks, vocals & guitar: USA;
Radio Big Band: Berlin;
Pori Bigband featuring Ted Burson: Finland;
Jazz group of Rousse/Bulgaria;
Kati Bontovica and Supertrio: Budapest;
Fusti-Lakatos Quintet featuring Tat Guinez, conga: Budapest;
Thermacnius Quartet: Kobenhaven;
Jana Koubkova Trio: Praha;
Graham Collier Band: London;
Team/Tamas Berki: Budapest;
Binder Quintet: Budapest;
Jazz Workshop of Debrecen;
Pege Quintet: Budapest;
Tomsits Quartet: Novi Sad, Yugoslavia;
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone & Weet Gev. Aladar Pege, bass: Budapest;
String Connection: Warsaw, Poland;
Markovic-Gut Sextet: Beograd, Yugoslavia;
Christian Esconde and his Workshop: Paris, France;
Siger Small Band: London;
Workshop Group of Gyorgy Vukan;
Saturnus, Budapest;
Erich Klunshuster Quintet: Vienna, Austria;
Jazz Band Radi Ostrava: Tscheckoslovakia;
Enrico Rava Quartet: Milano, Italy;
Workshop Group of Gyorgy Szabados: Budapest;
Kaszako Group: Budapest;
Hulin Quintet: Szeged, Hungary.</p>Music USA promo scripts, January 1983 - October 19842006-04-20T19:46:45-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87/"><img alt="Music USA promo scripts, January 1983 - October 1984" title="Music USA promo scripts, January 1983 - October 1984" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87/small/"/></a></p><p>Scripts for promotional announcements about upcoming programs from January 17, 1983, through October 22, 1984.</p>Music USA playlists, 19682006-04-20T22:05:47-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc107/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc107/"><img alt="Music USA playlists, 1968" title="Music USA playlists, 1968" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc107/small/"/></a></p><p>A partial set of playlists for individual Music USA programs 4750 through 5115, broadcast in 1968. There are 172 pages in this document.</p>Music USA playlists, 19672006-04-20T22:11:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108/"><img alt="Music USA playlists, 1967" title="Music USA playlists, 1967" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108/small/"/></a></p><p>A partial set of playlists for individual Music USA programs 4386 through 4744, broadcast in 1967. There are 160 pages in this document.</p>Music USA Storage Data Sheets2006-04-20T22:15:51-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc91/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc91/"><img alt="Music USA Storage Data Sheets" title="Music USA Storage Data Sheets" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc91/small/"/></a></p><p>Handwritten contents listing for Music USA storage boxes.</p>Music USA playlists, November-December 19712006-04-20T22:26:32-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc105/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc105/"><img alt="Music USA playlists, November-December 1971" title="Music USA playlists, November-December 1971" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc105/small/"/></a></p><p>A partial set of playlists for individual Music USA programs 6150 through 6209, broadcast in November and December of 1971. There are 25 pages in this document.</p>Music USA program lists, 19852006-04-20T22:26:39-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc88/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc88/"><img alt="Music USA program lists, 1985" title="Music USA program lists, 1985" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc88/small/"/></a></p><p>Lists of programs, with brief content notes, for programs broadcast from January 26 through December 7, 1985 (10985 - 11300).</p>