Diabelli Variations — Theme of the Variations Diabelli s Waltz The 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120, commonly known as the Diabelli Variations, is a set of variations for the piano written between 1819 and 1823 by Ludwig van Beethoven on a waltz… … Wikipedia
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Opera — This article is about the art form. For the browser, see Opera (web browser). For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). The Palais Garnier of the Paris Opéra, one of the world s most famous opera houses. Opera is an art form in which singers… … Wikipedia
1000 (number) — List of numbers Integers ← 1k 2k 3k 4k 5k 6k 7k 8k 9k → Cardinal 1000 one thousand … Wikipedia
aria — /ahr ee euh, air ee euh/, n. 1. an air or melody. 2. an elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment, as in an opera or oratorio. [1735 45; < It; see AIR1] * * * Solo song with instrumental accompaniment in opera, cantata, or oratorio. The… … Universalium
Aria — /ahr ee euh, euh ruy euh/, n. Class. Myth. a nymph, the mother of Miletus, by Apollo. * * * Solo song with instrumental accompaniment in opera, cantata, or oratorio. The strophic or stanzaic aria, in which each new stanza might represent a… … Universalium
List of operas by Mozart — Playbill for the opening performance of Die Zauberflöte, 30 September 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart s operas comprise 22 musical dramas in a variety of genres. They range from the small scale, derivative works of his youth to the full fledged… … Wikipedia
Opera buffa — Not to be confused with Opéra bouffe. Opera buffa (Italian, plural: opere buffe) is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as ‘commedia in musica’, ‘commedia… … Wikipedia
Valet — and Varlet are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer. In the Middle Ages, the valet de chambre to a ruler was a prestigious appointment for young courtiers, though in England, unlike France, these court roles… … Wikipedia
Reinhard Lettau — (10 September 1929, Erfurt 17 June 1996, Karlsruhe) was a German American writer. He never used his middle name, Adolf, if he could avoid it. He emigrated to the US in the middle of the 1950s and was a professor for German Literature at the… … Wikipedia
Henri Pousseur — (born 23 June 1929, Malmedy) is a Belgian composer.BiographyPousseur studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels from 1947 to 1953. He was closely associated with Pierre Froidebise and André Souris. He encountered Pierre Boulez,… … Wikipedia