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    The document discusses the changing use of vocal ornamentation and text-painting between the Baroque and Rossini eras. In the Baroque era, coloratura was used primarily as a vehicle for singers to showcase their vocal abilities. By the Romantic period, composers began using coloratura to communicate dramatic ideas and themes, closely tying the music and drama together. For example, Rossini's music linked coloratura more meaningfully to the plot. This allowed composers to engage audiences through emotionally intense arias, where all ornamentation had purpose beyond mere impressiveness. This trend paved the way for the Verismo style to emerge.

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    The document discusses the changing use of vocal ornamentation and text-painting between the Baroque and Rossini eras. In the Baroque era, coloratura was used primarily as a vehicle for singers to showcase their vocal abilities. By the Romantic period, composers began using coloratura to communicate dramatic ideas and themes, closely tying the music and drama together. For example, Rossini's music linked coloratura more meaningfully to the plot. This allowed composers to engage audiences through emotionally intense arias, where all ornamentation had purpose beyond mere impressiveness. This trend paved the way for the Verismo style to emerge.

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    The document discusses the changing use of vocal ornamentation and text-painting between the Baroque and Rossini eras. In the Baroque era, coloratura was used primarily as a vehicle for singers to showcase their vocal abilities. By the Romantic period, composers began using coloratura to communicate dramatic ideas and themes, closely tying the music and drama together. For example, Rossini's music linked coloratura more meaningfully to the plot. This allowed composers to engage audiences through emotionally intense arias, where all ornamentation had purpose beyond mere impressiveness. This trend paved the way for the Verismo style to emerge.

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    Cox Paper Outline

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    The document discusses the changing use of vocal ornamentation and text-painting between the Baroque and Rossini eras. In the Baroque era, coloratura was used primarily as a vehicle for singers to showcase their vocal abilities. By the Romantic period, composers began using coloratura to communicate dramatic ideas and themes, closely tying the music and drama together. For example, Rossini's music linked coloratura more meaningfully to the plot. This allowed composers to engage audiences through emotionally intense arias, where all ornamentation had purpose beyond mere impressiveness. This trend paved the way for the Verismo style to emerge.

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    I.

    Introduction:

    a. Introductory Comments: background history of Bel canto terminology, pedagogy,

    practices, what it means and integral techniques.

    b. Thesis Statement: Vocal ornamentation and text-painting are integral to bel canto

    style singing, however their use between the Baroque era and Rossini era changed

    drastically, going from a vehicle for the singer to showcase their vocal abilities to

    something that composers could use to communicate dramatic ideas and themes.

    II. Chapter 1

    a. Main Point: Bel Canto in the Baroque era were vehicles to show off the singer

    i. Sub Point 1: Suitcase aria

    ii. Sub Point 2: Extensive involvement of singers and the preservation of

    their ego, structure of Baroque operas (excessive arias)

    b. Main Point

    III. Chapter 2

    a. Main Point: The music in most Baroque operas does not have a ton of text

    painting/purpose for the coloratura

    i. Sub Point 1: Sprezzatura style singing, vocal pyrotechnics not necessarily

    tied to the story/plot/text

    ii. Sub Point 2: Arias communicating only one feeling/thought, taking a

    bunch of time and fireworks to do so

    b. Main Point

    IV. Chapter 3:
    a. Main Point: Rossini’s music existed in the Romantic period (one era before

    Verismo), moving away from shallow coloratura writing

    i. Sub Point 1: People like the bel canto singing style, but composers have to

    take it to next level to engage audiences, they wanted productions that

    relied as heavily on plot as music

    ii. Sub Point 2: Music and drama closely tied together in this period,

    coloratura has to mean something story-wise, drama now in singing and

    orchestra

    b. Main Point

    V. Chapter 4

    a. Main Point: Comparison of Romantic and Bel Canto coloratura’s effectiveness

    and intention

    i. Sub Point 1: Compare and contrast “Una Voce Poco Fa” with “V’adoro

    Pupile,” difference between text painting and intention behind coloratura

    sections, volume of coloratura, and aria structure (does it go anywhere?)

    ii. Sub Point 2: Discuss mad scene and how coloratura is used for that

    purpose, especially Lucia di Lammermoor’s mad scene and the difference

    between “Il Dolce Suono” and “Piangero la Sorte Mia” (not a mad scene,

    but a high-intensity, emotional aria)

    VI. Conclusion

    a. Restatement of Thesis: Vocal ornamentation and text-painting are integral to bel

    canto style singing, however their use between the Baroque era and Rossini era

    changed drastically, going from a vehicle for the singer to showcase their vocal
    abilities to something that composers could use to communicate dramatic ideas

    and themes.

    b. Closing Remarks: Focusing on the emotional intensity of opera in the Romantic

    period allowed composers to create arias that grabbed and engaged audience

    rather than just impressed; all melismas had a purpose greater than just impressing

    a disengaged crowd. This trend of writing paved the way for the Verismo era to

    emerge.

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