Show DERN OPERA BY ALlAN NOBLES i Seduction of Dramatic te P Duc to of oft t t. t Amateurs By T. T G. G f orm rm of ot mu music lc kno known u to the he opera the thc Italian word work Is ts the tho direct rl imply 1 ply th- th tho o of the thc efforts cHarts of a group rO Je nobles amateur musicians Italy Constantinople was year r 1453 hc Turks the thc and ma captured b by iy ed d tho result that self respecting left lert Greeks Gr ekR rapidly Sore inore to their It 1 Is not that the majority of them tho north coast their way war along I Mediterranean sea ea ca and md founded s 's colonies In Ital Italy and the thc south southa I Some Somo even e wandered as a an ance 1 southern and anti western Spain Jn In those days being easiest casle t by it traditions of or t ol olden cn Greece Grecco was borne orn In mind by tin th descendants ize it Ie determined wanderers and i group roup of young noblemen a J. J them being beinS' some somo of or Greek anI nn- nn I conceived the happy Idea of or at- at og a revival rc o the tho ancient Greek which was given I en with music i A Experiment Made tade much uch as little was known of oC the in the drama of or old beinS' beinS no adequate or accurate io ot notation It was a difficult m to face This circle of or arte art- art e and ad writers had lon long I I crying esp experiments In emotional ii 1 expression liy by use UC of or rand solo voices voice y cr experimenting in a man- man bleh was a source o of ridicule the hc staid masters o of polyphonic music That is mu ic o of many adent parts and not like the mu- mu today with Ith one dominating on part parte lie e balance u used cd as only high musical art of oC the six sir f century was unaccompanied termed a Cappella Tho lon lion gained wa was as perfect within Its and Us Its limits so absolutely alts id all but what ma may be called Of or contemplative emotion mollon that tlc tie music was as aR incon ch Iv- Iv j Our Ouro o P of br m l' l b l ig f d p u P p un- un ind nd experimented with Ith 1 l 1 l In b lla d successes gained from time to ere a source of or keen delight to toy it Ity y and likewise a bitter dose for I I style the Contra- Contra 1 being the polyphonic type ned above It Jt is stated that the ther r g dramatic writers would woul l have havo haver Lf r to do with ith the elaborate t st t c J cd to depend entirely on their and gifts and leave the matter II 11 1 polyphony to the learned composers i e members of tills this original were cre Ga Galileo Galileo father father of oC the I and Perit Peri Pen t amus amused d and entertained with accompanied by 13 b himself on onIc onte te Ic fr while hn Peri Perl and Galileo lent Jent lentI r I L assistance co wll where ere possible hIe and Pc Perl leri 11 In 1 1507 completed o a text called Daphne which the first complete work I new from tone melh mel mcl- ih il h an t. t Work VOrk was vas privately performed rm ed W 2 so enjoyed and rind proved pro so o sue suc- Pen set ct about bout er was nis again chosen train from the tue dice was aN the name of the ne new ind Ld it was commissioned for tor and 1 at the tho wedding of Catherine ci I and antI Henry IV of oC France Arr tre rt Traced new fo form made a t distinct suc- suc ml c e Und find a mo most moat l rapid clop n. n the hand hanthi of o lonte who tt the pizzicato plucking the theand I and the tremolo of or tho the yb- yb lic c theatres were wr established to the new works and the thc new flOW lead of ot being a pastime and arni arnicourt lt court weddings S became a n pub nub and open opened up uj a broad or Instrumentalists and vocal- vocal Th t h hIs l tact fact caused great at develop develop- thc v Rrt at of c song and especially t of the tho art As Aa tho the vo- vo proficient thc tho lUng K to keep with them wn DO n m made dc sIave C to 0 t v. v ann anu tenors i order t TV of at things 8 came m I near pros- pros the nev De art art aS the tho V vo- vo l r cd e lh Iii every cry vestige of or fact antI and dramatic veracity from fiero era erz ra Singers ers dictated the typo tybie tI a tho they wished l to display r their prow S 8 and composers ac- ac cd ed t tr did not Dot he heed d the tho vial wishes of t ng lg birds tho they usually beheld the Sing SI ur of s seeing their Jorn up p and tossed at al lhor thir I- I orchestra pit ThIs ort n ocon oc oc- on on the day and nd of the thc first dilemmas of ot various v resulted Is as the of or affairs when I born Gluck 1714 app appeared ared as 8 n i com com- was th first composer o C to fuu ll lit it th the fallacy t r to r do t the his hilS work worl lb hu liu lie chOi chio a Orph uM and stated In th the preface or of tho Wax o In Vienna 17 He lie de- de aJ o on Incon incongruity ruh falsehood fl bat it t nal toncy with tho ho Won VOIt a n ht ar ars of and anti toll toil of oC C 5 Orr Orpheus in the urt art ved to he hc Is i last J Gliick Gluck S great grett work ln In 1 ParIs arla In completely p lol out outdistanced till all Dr or ou Ii 1 then theu l h h c to tr ro he hc dUd died d In ln 1 fo tour r f r. r 1 oro the death of or Mozart ck k r to Mozart ar and al ll Beethoven cn El J t step P. P but one ont o of great tic dc- and then we ve have o In the order named C Carl rl Maria larla Yon Von Weber Vebor 1 V. igner Verdi erd I. I Puccini n I Richard Strauss and anil Them a mo ate mum many worth worthy names but the thc ones given ivell represent distinct types of or progress In the tho art rt of or dramatic music lc j I |