Show MADE RULES FOR C COMPOSERS frederick the arca talented musician higel HI himself gel laid down imperative pera tive orders frederick the great was the most distinguished musical amateur ot his age and f lis his position gave him tho the power to regul regulate rite the style of com employed by the musicians of his bis period for instance ho he made the following rules to be followed by operatic composers all the principal singers must have bi big arlas arias and different in character as an adagio aria which must bo be very c cantabile lle to show off ff to good advantage the voice and delivery of tile the singer in da capo the artist can then display her art in embellishing variations then there must be an allegro aria with brilliant passages a gallant aria a duet for the first male ale singer arid and the prima donna in 1 these pieces the big forms or of measure must be used so as to give path pathos os to the tragedy the ille smaller forms 0 of f time such as two to four and three eight are for tile the secondary daiy roles and for these a 1 tempi mil luetto can be written there muel be the necessary changes of time but minor 1 keys ays eys must be avoided in tile the theater b because because they are too Ino mournful 1 |