...Beijing Opera (Youtube Project) This project is centered on Beijing Opera also referred to as Peking Opera or as the Chinese call it Jingju. It’s a form of the traditional Chinese theater that combines dance, mime, acrobatics, music, and vocal performance. Beijing Opera developed in the late eighteenth century and became fully recognized throughout China by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has become one of the cultural treasures of China. Major performances are based in Beijing, Southern Shanghai, Northern Tianjin, and Taiwan. It has also spread to other countries such as the United States and Japan. Political influences have long played a part in the arts of China (World Music, 187). The Taiwanese took on the Opera and made it into their own. Naming it Guoju, which means national, or the in other words the National Opera. This reflects disputes over the true seat of Chinese government. After the Chinese Civil War ended, Beijing opera became the focal point of ethnic identity for the Mainland and Communist party. When the Communist Party of China came to power in the Mainland, the newly formed government moved to bring art into line with Communist ideology. Their goal was to make art and literature a component of the revolution. Dramatic works without Communist themes were considered subversive, and were ultimately banned during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Before Beijing opera evolved it was considered a religious...
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...Executive summary Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest and most refined forms of Chinese opera. It is a combination of music, drama, poetry and dance, some of which could track back to the late period of Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Nowadays, a group of researches in the United Kingdom have discovered the considerable attraction of Kunqu Opera to some western performers. Consequently, performing Kunqu Opera in Australia may be a feasible plan, however, introducing such a traditional Chinese opera style to Australia may generate some inevitable cross-cultural issues. This report will discuss the potential issues in relation to sources, artistic characteristics, music styles and performances. Based on the issues, the recommendations are suggested as below. * Chinese traditional stories should be transferred into local stories. * Chinese complex poetry needs to be changed into Australian poetry. * Giving out handbills may help audience understand the opera. * More innovation should be injected into the performers’ clothes. * The combination with eastern instruments and western instruments may address the music styles issues. * Attempts should be made to use some English songs. * Other performance opportunities should be found more than the theatre. * Establishing some classes about Kunqu Opera may attract more Australians’ attention. Background to the project Kunqu Opera which belongs to one of the oldest Chinese Opera patterns is a historical and...
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...POINTERS TO REVIEW in MUSIC III I. Philippine Music A. Ethnic Traditions B. Spanish Traditions C. American Traditions D. Original Pilipino Music II. Chinese Music A. North/South Han Chinese B. Musical Style C. Vocal Music D. Instruments III. Japanese Music - Ongaku A. Traditional Music – 2 Forms of Music B. 2 Types of Gagaku C. 3 Musical Styles of the Gagaku D. 3 Forms of Theater and Dance PHILIPPINE MUSIC Ethnic Traditions * Pre-colonial or Pre-Spanish * Common in the mountainous regions of the North and the archipelago of the South * May be instrumental or vocal * Belief of a God that provides to all their needs. Example: bountiful harvest, wedding, etc. * Instruments are made of bronze, bamboo or wood Instruments: 1. Saggeypo/Diwas 2. Tongatong 3. Bungkaka 4. Kubing 5. Gandingan 6. Dabakan 7. Kudyapi 8. Kulintang 9. Babandil Spanish Traditions * Religious influence connected to and outside the Catholic Liturgy * European type of music adapted by the Filipinos. (Opera, Troubadours, Orchestra, Rondalla, etc Examples: * Pabasa/Pasyon * Panunuluyan * Zarswela * Moro-moro * Senakulo American Traditions * American Teachers introduced the singing of Philippine songs in Western Style. * Three types of Music: Classical, Semi-classical and Popular Music Examples: * CLASSICAL MUSIC-art songs, kundiman * SEMI-CLASSICAL MUSIC-folk songs...
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...Rene Gallimard is in a prison cell listening to an audiocassette player. 5. How many (acts and/or scenes) are there in the play? 3acts, 27 scenes 6. There are # of characters in the play. 10 characters appear on stage 7. Who is the play about? Who are the lead characters whose interaction creates the play? Rene Gallimard - former French diplomat in the French embassy in China, who has imprisoned for treason. He is an unimpressive man, age 65. Song Liling- she (man acting as woman) is a performer, Chinese opera singer who is also a spy for Vietnam War. 8. Who are the supporting (or minor) characters? Helga-Ambassador’s wife Marc-Indulgent white man Chin-Loyal servant of Mao 9. Stage Action: What happens that creates the play? Rene Gallimard, a civil servant in French embassy in China falls in love with the beautiful Chinese opera singer, Song Liling, who acts and sings in the opera Madam Butterfly. Soon, he has an affair with Song and their relationship lasts for 20 years until Gallimard is convicted of treason and imprisoned. Later, he finds out that the perfect woman he loves is actually a man and a spy. Unable to face the truth, he commits suicide in the end. 10. What is the dominant conflict of the action—when does it reach the highest point of complication, and how is it resolved? The dominant conflict is Gallimard being betrayed which stems from the wrong perceptions of Western and Eastern cultures...
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...As adults, the performers are seemingly rewarded for the fruits of their labors as children in the brutal opera training troupe once they become renowned adult opera performers. The title of the film is derived from the eponymous play performed in the play first by a middle aged Sitou and Douzi who originally learned it, as we see later on, as children. This play sets up Shitou and Douzi in their dual roles as the king and concubine. Shitou, who is portrayed by the actor Zhang Fengyi, is assigned the role of the masculine king and later on becomes known through the stage name Duan Xiaolou. Douzi, portrayed by the actor Leslie Cheung, is assigned the role of the female concubine in the “dan” role and later on becomes known through the stage...
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..."yellow journalism". Charles Kane married on the niece of the U.S. President. In 21 years, Charles had to become one of the most reachest people in the world. He refused of all his money and he became journalist. He quickly created the empire, which influenced destiny of the nations. He didn't achieve success in policy. Kane wanted that everyone loved him, therefore he went to policy. He wanted to subdue many people. He battled with Jim Gettis on elections. Jim learned about communication of Charles Kane with Ms. Alexander and offered the rival a choice: withdraw the candidacy or he would publish a compromising evidence. The media magnate refused to leave fight. Between it, he married on Ms. Alexander and made her the opera...
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...For a young person with little experience, music can be a hard concept, especially singing. At the age of nine, I stepped into the field of music. Little did I know that it would be life-changing. My story begins in 2001. My mother asked if I would be interested in singing. I hadn’t given it much thought. She suggested I join the Phoenix Boys Choir. She explained what it was and how successful it had always been. I decided to try out. When I arrived, I met the conductor in charge of the younger boys. She had me sing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” A few moments later the conductor announced that I had passed my audition and would soon be a member of the training choir. I was so thrilled I couldn’t say a word. This would turn out to be one of the most memorable moments of my life. I was going to be a member of the internationally known Phoenix Boys Choir! I moved up through the levels of the choir quickly. Every boy longs to be in the most elite group – the Tour Choir. After two years, I made it. At 11 I had learned more about music than I could possibly have imagined. I learned music theory and how to read music. By the end of seventh grade I had been to Spain, Italy, and France. In Rome we performed at Saint Peter’s Basilica. It was a blessing to be able to sing in such a holy setting. We also sang in the Florence Cathedral. We traveled around the United States performing with other choirs. Often we sang for dignitaries. I think God blessed me with this talent...
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...Sights and Sound of Quintessential Lepage A jumbo jet flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Ada, an opera singer onboard, is captivated by another passenger’s baby. After the tragic death of the infant’s mother, Ada struggles through red tape and adopts the child. A jazz club where the beautiful Marie is singing April in Paris. Thomas, Ada’s partner and Marie’s neurologist, drowns his sorrows, devastated by a hand tremor that could signify the end of his career. A BBC Radio interview, during which Sarah, a respectable housekeeper, is revealed as a former prostitute. She makes a discovery of her own – that one of the radio station’s top announcers is her long-lost brother. In America, Jeremy, Ada’s now adult adopted son, is making films. He creates a fictional account of his biological mother’s life and invites his warring cast to a restaurant where no one – because of language differences - understands anyone else. Marie, the jazz singer, finds that her brain surgery has resulted in memory loss - she cannot recall the sound of her father’s voice. She hires actors to try and replicate it. While investigating the death of a voiceover artist, Jackson, a Scotland Yard detective whose wife has just left him, is preoccupied with looking for a partner for the dance lessons he has already paid for. Sebastian, the sound engineer on Jeremy’s film, returns to the Canary Islands for his father’s funeral. Yearning for a last message from his father, he is appalled when the corpse...
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...Applying Motivation Theories The initial concern from William (Bill) Bailey, chairman of the board of the Utah Opera regarding the proposed merger with the Utah Symphony was over the financial strength of the opera compared with the financial liabilities of the symphony. Another concern of Bill’s is that the opera would lose its identity through the merger. Initial concerns aside, Bill determined that a merger between the two organizations would benefit them both over time. Bill now has the task of gaining support for the merger from the symphony board of directors. A theory of motivation that would help Bill is McClelland’s Need Theory. This theory posits that humans have a need for achievement, a need for affiliation, and a need for power (Kinicki & Kreitner, 2010). The need for achievement drives people to accomplish challenging tasks. The need for affiliation generates the desire to connect and associate with others. The need for power instills the desire to influence, prepare, educate, or motivate others. These motivational needs apply perfectly to Bill’s goal of gaining support for the merger from the opera’s board members. The need for achievement would compel the board to strive for making the merger work because of the challenge it presents. The need for affiliation would generate the desire to connect with the members of the board of the symphony to accomplish the task of a successful merger. The need for power would increase the board member’s desire to coach...
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...the merger to the 4 types of organizational culture, using the Competing Values Framework. | The candidate provides a logical comparison, with adequate detail, of each company’s culture before the merger to the 4 types of organizational culture, using the Competing Values Framework. | The candidate provides a logical comparison, with substantial detail, of each company’s culture before the merger to the 4 types of organizational culture, using the Competing Values Framework. | There are two components that should be included in your response to this prompt. First, you should categorize the symphony and the opera into one of the four cultures represented in the competing values framework (i.e. adhocracy, clan, market, hierarchy) and you should provide support from the case study why each belongs in that category. Second, you should compare the symphony and the opera with each of the other three cultures to make for a more comprehensive...
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...Utah Symphony and Utah Opera- A merger proposal Course instructor: Course: Name: Utah Symphony and Utah Opera- A merger proposal A Before the merger, Utah Symphony managed numerous budgetary issues. A significant budgetary shortcoming with the symphony is its powerlessness to arrange the compensations of the workers. The greater part of the symphony's representatives are under contact that abandons them with the money related load of needing to pay rates paying little heed to the ticket deals. A fiscal quality of the symphony was the above normal gifts. The symphony was acknowledged to be at the high end of a Group II symphony ensemble and gained an above normal enrichment for its status. An initiative quality for the symphony was the way that they had two pioneers, one for its performers, Keith Lockhart, and Scott Parker, who was the executive of the board. The symphony's CEO reported his abdication in 2002, which is an authority shortcoming. Needing to swap a CEO in an association as the symphony is a troublesome undertaking. Discovering an expert and prepared individual to be the CEO of the symphony was a real issue for them throughout this time of pressure. Preceding the merger, Utah Symphony battled with a few budgetary challenges including a prevalent shortcoming described by its failure to arrange gotten representative's pay rates. The latter is a PR shortcoming because it kept them from any adaptability viewing ticket deals as they were committed to paying...
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...Kelly Pryor May 1, 2011 spring 2011 MUSHL 10100 sec 004 Concert Report On Friday May 18,2011 I went to see the Hunter College Symphony. It was composed of many movements but i will only be talking about my three favorites. The first movement was a solo piece from the opera "Robberto Devereux" sung by Emily Serotta. Opera is the art of story telling through music and song. The soloist or Aria as its called for opera was accompanied by the full orchestra. Since operas are usually sung in italian, there was no surprise that this one was also in Italian. The piece was also sung in mezzo soprano voice. The dynamics started out fortissimo or very loud and descended into piano(soft). These dynamics were meant to represent the dying love of a heart broken women. The texture was predominantly monophonic because there was one sound or melodic line accompanied by the orchestra playing the same notes. The second movement was a a concerto by W.A. Mozart in B flat major for the piano and orchestra. The concerto is a piece of musical work usually in three parts or movement in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. The concerto was in three movements the first was Allegro or very fast, the second Adante or rather slow and the third Allegro again bringing the piece full circle. The dynamics started of Piano and gradually rose to a crescendo. The texture was polyphonic because there were two different melodic lines that stood out and were performed simultaneously...
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...Classical Music Namе: Tutor Datе: Introduction Classical art music is madе in thе traditions of wеstеrn music. Classical music as a tеrm was not usеd until thе 19th cеntury. Though it’s hard to list charactеristics that arе attributеd to all works of classical music, thеrе arе fеw charactеristics that classical music contains that cannot bе idеntifiеd in othеr gеnrеs of music. Thеy includе: Instrumеntation Most instrumеnts usеd in classical music arе anciеnt but wеrе codifiеd in thе 18th and 19th cеnturiеs. Thеsе instrumеnts arе found in еithеr an Orchеstra or in a concеrt band and also intеgratеd with sеvеral solo instrumеnts such as Piano. Еlеctric guitars and thе nodеs Martinеt appеar sеvеrally in modеrn classical music. In thеsе concеrts, thеrе is massivе usе of solo instrumеnts such as pianos, guitars as wеll as drums. Circlе of lifе thеrе’s usе of piano, drums as wеll as guitars. Form Classical music usually tеnds to usе highly sophisticatеd forms of instrumеntal music such as symphony, concеrto, sonata еtc. for instancе in thе concеrt Olympic fanfarе thеmе 1984, it usеs thе form of chambеr orchеstra. This also appliеs for Amparito roca. Somе of thе concеrts without conductors such as bееtlеs lovе and buglar’s holiday can qualify for string orchеstra Sociеty Most of thе classical music acts as a background music in moviеs, tеlеvision programmеs, advеrtisеmеnts and еvеnts. Likе...
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...Babette’s Feast is about two pious aging sisters living an extreme sense of Lutheranism in a small, isolated northern village; their very simple and mundane form of living is challenged when a French civil war refugee, Babette, knocks on their doorstep with a letter from Papin, the world renowned Opera Singer, who in fact was fairly astonished and infatuated by one of the sisters during his initial visit decades ago. The father of the two sisters was a delusional preacher, who believed in the ludicrous idea that for one to attain eternal salvation, one must renounce all physical and sensual pleasure life has to offer them, something that the sisters follow with the most unwavering dedication. Who knew a Stranger from the city could change all that through a 7-course meal. The film centralized on its most prominent image: Food. No image could better fit comparing the joyless austerity of the Lutheran sect of the sisters, Martine and Philippa to what is coming to them after the dinner celebration than the meals. Before Babette’s presence is felt, the village lived a very monotonous, dull and repetitious lifestyle. The sky is gray, the sea even grayer. The sisters sit indoors to eat their usual bowls of dried fish and dull brown mush with the most horrible excuse for bread one has ever seen. As viewers will soon find out, the food is the perfect measuring apparatus of change around the village. Throughout the film, viewers see the daily fare of dried fish cut in half, hanging...
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...A1. Bill Bailey is currently serving as the Chairman of the Board for the Utah Opera. He is part of the committee that originally discussed the merger. He expressed concerns about the different business models of the two different companies. The Opera hires people as needed and can adjust projects and staffing as needed. The symphony is a 52 week orchestra without that flexibility. He is also concerned the Opera could lose its identity. He should utilize Adam’s Equity Theory of Motivation. This theory is a “model of motivation that explains how people strive for fairness and justice in social exchanges or give-and-take relationships. “ (Kreitner, 2009) This explains individual’s motivations through feelings of inequity of lack of justice. The employees put in their best efforts, education, skills etc. and anticipate an equitable exchange for this input. Bill can share his concerns about the Opera losing its identity. He can address the Opera’s employees as wanting to have their contributed work being individually recognized aside from the symphony. They also have a very different budget. The Opera needs to be able to allocate resources where useful and as business needs dictate. This could create more and better jobs for the employees. If the symphony gets involved with their salaried employees, less money could be available for the Opera and its projects. This also appeals to the employee’s concerns with being treated fairly. This can then create a negative output. This means...
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