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Handel and Three Prima Donnas: Reciprocal Influences, a Lecture Recital, Together with Two Recitals of Selected Works of W. A. Mozart, F. Schubert, H. Wolf, R. Strauss, G. Fauré, C. Debussy, D. Moore, and Others, and Opera Roles by Pleyel and Rossini

Description: The lecture recital was given April 1, 1974. Eighteenth-century accounts of the voices and performing styles of Francesca Cuzzoni, Faustina Bordoni, and Anna Strada del Pò were related to six opera arias written for them by George Frideric Handel. The arias, accompanied by harpsichord, violin, and violoncello, were performed with added original ornamentation. In addition to the lecture recital two other public recitals and two opera roles were performed. The first solo recital was on February 1… more
Date: May 1974
Creator: Armes, Mary Beth
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Development of the Art Song in the United States: 1890-1920 a Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, J. Brahms, M. Moussorgsky, J. Ibert, R. Strauss, C. Floyd, and Others

Description: The lecture recital was given on August 5, 1976. Subsequent to a presentation of some pertinent background material, diverse influences on the compositional styles of five representative composers of the period were discussed. Nine songs by Edward MacDowell, Charles Loeffler, Sidney Homer, John Alden Carpenter, and Charles Griffes were interspersed as musical illustrations. In addition to the lecture recital, three other public recitals were performed. The first solo recital was presented on Ju… more
Date: December 1976
Creator: Windsor, Eugene Allison
Partner: UNT Libraries
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