GUISEPPE VERDI i. Name Verdi’s year of birth. ii. Identify any two of Verdi’s early musical influences. iii. Name the Music Conservancy that Verdi was turned away...

GUISEPPE VERDI

i. Name Verdi’s year of birth.
ii. Identify any two of Verdi’s early musical influences.
iii. Name the Music Conservancy that Verdi was turned away from before he met Vincenzo Lavigna.
iv. State three characteristic features of his operas.

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i) 1813

ii) Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti and Gioachino Rossini, Biastrocchi

iii) Milan Conservancy

iv) –Operas were harmonically complex and direct
-He used chorus as character to show suffering and closeness of people
-His operas were revolutionary in nature
- The arias of his opera are centred a soloist and typically involved three soloists
-The drama in his operas captured his characters’ emotions.

maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 20, 2019 at 13:46

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