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This programme examines some of the issues raised when a composer sets words to music. It introduces the basic problem of how does a a composer balance the words, which need to be heard and underst...ood, with the music, which needs to make sense on its own terms. Using four extracts from Henry Purcell's English opera 'Dido and Aeneas' the programme aims to introduce the main musical language devised by the composers in the genre of opera.
This programme examines some of the issues raised when a composer sets words to music. It introduces the basic problem of how does a a composer balance the words, which need to be heard and underst...ood, with the music, which needs to make sense on its own terms. Using four extracts from Henry Purcell's English opera 'Dido and Aeneas' the programme aims to introduce the main musical language devised by the composers in the genre of opera.
| Module code and title: | A214, "Understanding music: elements, techniques and styles" |
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| Item code: | A214; 07 |
| First transmission date: | 20-08-1994 |
| Published: | 1994 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:09 |
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| Producer: | Mags Noble |
| Contributor: | Pat Howard |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Aria; Dido and Aeneas; Duet; Opera; Recitative |
| Subject terms: | Composition (Music); Libretto |
| Master spool number: | DOU6493 |
| Production number: | FOUA309J |
| Videofinder number: | 4559 |
| Available to public: | no |
