Kelli de Sousa
 Massenet’s opera (1885)
 Placido Domingo as Cid
 Miklos Rozsa’s score for the film (1961)
 Perfect mix of heroic themes & passionate love themes
 Hint of Middle Eastern music
 Oscar Araujo’s score for the animated film (2003)
 Lully’s opera (1684)
 Handel’s opera (1715)
 Pena Tiranna Aria (Dardano)
 “Unrelenting pain pervades my heart, I cannot hope for
mercy. Love has wounded me, and there is no peace for my
sorrow.”
 J.C. Bach’s opera (1779)
 Massenet’s opera (1922)
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Minkus’ ballet (1869)
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Music and dance tell the story, rather than words
Telemann’s orchestral suite (1605)
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Examples of text painting
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Strauss’ orchestral composition (1897)
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Cello represents Don Quixote
Solo viola and tenor tuba represent Sancho Panza
More text painting
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Herd of sheep bleating
Falla’s musical puppet show (1919)
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Borrowed musical themes
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Instrumental sighs
Rocinante’s galloping
Baroque guitarist, Gaspar Sanz
Organist, Francisco Salinas
Spanish folk traditions
Ravel’s song cycle
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Originally written for the Austrian film
Romantic Song, Epic Song, Drinking Song
 Gluck’s ballet (1761)
 Mozart’s opera (1787)
 Commendatore Scene
 Its fame caused it to be the source of other works
 Liszt’s opera (1841)
 Uses themes from Mozart’s opera
 Webber’s opera within a musical (1986)
 Based on Mozart’s Don Giovanni
 Strauss’ tone poem (1888)
 Based on a poem by Nikolaus Lenau
 “Study of the whole poem wil lbe much more illuminating in
the light of the music than study of the music in the light of
the poem.” –Donald Tovey, music analyst