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by **Catmando** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:18 pm

bignaf wrote:french?

10. Yes

by **Catmando** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:19 pm

Recap

1. Does not involve a piano in a big sort of way (ie. Sonata, concerto, trio, and the like)
2. Composer is European.
3. Requires an orchestra.
4. It is before 1827.
5. Not from the Classical period.
6. From Baroque period.
7. Not Bach.
8. Not Italian. But perhaps a connection to Italy.
9. Not Handel.
10. Is a French composer.

by **GreatCarouser** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:54 pm

Was the composer the founder of French Opera, Jean Baptiste Lully?
(if so he was actually born in Italy)....

by **Catmando** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:36 pm

GreatCarouser wrote:Was the composer the founder of French Opera, Jean Baptiste Lully?
(if so he was actually born in Italy)....

11. Yes

by **bignaf** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:27 pm

lots of good stories about Lully. he was granted monopoly over opera in France. he died from a conducting accident.
was it premiered posthumously?

by **Catmando** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:36 pm

bignaf wrote:lots of good stories about Lully. he was granted monopoly over opera in France. he died from a conducting accident.
was it premiered posthumously?

12. No (not according to my source)

I just read about how he died, just minutes before your post! What a way to go?! :shock:

by **bignaf** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:57 pm

he probably deserved it. I bet we could have more variety from French baroque opera if not for his monopoly.

is it a comedy?

by **Catmando** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:11 pm

bignaf wrote:is it a comedy?

13. No

by **bignaf** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:21 pm

libretto by Quinault?

by **Catmando** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:24 pm

bignaf wrote:libretto by Quinault?

14. Yes

by **bignaf** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:56 pm

after 1677?

by **Catmando** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:11 pm

bignaf wrote:after 1677?

15. Yes

by **bignaf** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:55 pm

is it his last Tragedy (Tragedie Lyrique)?
(I thought this was performed after his death, but I'm not so sure anymore).

by **Catmando** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:02 pm

bignaf wrote:is it his last Tragedy (Tragedie Lyrique)?
(I thought this was performed after his death, but I'm not so sure anymore).

No

by **bignaf** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:06 pm

is it a tragedy?

by **Catmando** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:09 pm

bignaf wrote:is it a tragedy?

16. Yes

by **GreatCarouser** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:39 am

Is the libretto based on a poem about a witch and a knight?

by **Selma in Sandy Eggo** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:43 am

I know! I know! It's Wicked!!!

OK, I have no idea. I'd have to look it up. You left me in the dust at "orchestra".

by **Catmando** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:23 am

GreatCarouser wrote:Is the libretto based on a poem about a witch and a knight?

17. Yes

by **Catmando** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:27 am

Recap

1. Does not involve a piano in a big sort of way (ie. Sonata, concerto, trio, and the like)
2. Composer is European.
3. Requires an orchestra.
4. It is before 1827.
5. Not from the Classical period.
6. From Baroque period.
7. It is not Bach.
8. Not Italian. But perhaps a connection to Italy.
9. Not Handel.
10. Is a French composer.
11. It is Jean-Baptiste Lully.
12. The work was not premiered posthumously.
13. Not a comedy.
14. Libretto is by Quinault.
15. It’s after 1677.
16. It is a tragedy.
17. Libretto is based on a poem about a witch and a knight.

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