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Historical Figures And Events As Portrayed Through Opera And Art Song, Emanuel Stavrinakis
Historical Figures And Events As Portrayed Through Opera And Art Song, Emanuel Stavrinakis
Senior Theses
In this thesis essay, an inspection of classical vocal music spanning centuries will identify works based on real-life historical figures and events. The range of works to be inspected span from the Late Renaissance to the Modern era of classical composition. From the early days of vocal composition composers looked back into the past to draw inspiration for their desired expression and portrayal of human conflict. However, in many cases the figures or historical facts portrayed differ quite significantly from how they were in real life.
Composers and librettists, the authors of the text being set to music, had a …