Favola in Musica - Paper Sample

Favola in musica is translated as a fairy tale in music or a story in music. It is a subtitle of Monteverdis "L'Orfeo which is the globes ancient opera preserved in its entirety. It has transformed the music world because since then, it is no longer the music melody that carries the music but the words and the message being passed out. The opera has survived the chronological changes in taste and style, it is the Monteverdis LOrfeo that has been followed and enjoyed by many for more than 300 years. Most people tend to say that L'Orfeo is flawless; this is because they have not evolved with L'Orfeo and do not quite understand nor get the hidden meanings from the lyrics. Monteverdi uses various styles of compositions to bring out the desired message. I love the opera because it has helped shaped the current music in the modern world today because since then it was produced it has never lost any of its lusters.

I think the creation and the background in which the opera was developed have been outstanding up to date and that's why it has never lost luster until today. Moreover, it has formed a basis under which other operas have been developed. When the music is being played today no one can ever recognize that it is an opera of about four hundred years ago. It was developed using various `ancient musical instruments and a well coded combination of rhythm that brings out the message clearly to its listeners. Moreover, the music is a contemporary and has the most wonderful jurisdiction one could ever have for singing it as it acts as a means of communicating complex emotions that a human being might have within his locality.

Beyond this fact, the opera has been set in a way that it can be easily converted into different languages without losing the meaning of the original opera. The early landscape in which the opera was developed comprised of the gods, shepherds and even the nymphs and thus made the opera an impression of a typical man and brought the importance of humanity. I love the opera because when I listen to it, it flows into my body nerves and senses because it passes a message of how humankind feel and behave. It is worth noting that none of the Monteverdis works give more insight on how the music is translated into a means of art than LOrfeo.

Melodic shaping and rhythm patterns were tethered by a polyphonic structure. Before L'Orfeo, no one had ever had the knowledge to maneuver to permit the composer to create expressive and instrumental rises and falls for the singers. This move was to encourage spontaneous spurts of movement, to drag and rush and to get the streaming of the continuous instruments. The opera was developed by a composition of five printed volumes of polyphonic madrigals which also allowed the developer to make an expressive language for five voices which spoke of the same character.

My other opinion about the opera is it makes a lot of sense; this is because it was composed by a music genius and developed with stylistic initiatives which bind the entire opera with a convincing dramatic thread. The opera is accompanied by an invention that supplied the shape of all the line and text in the opera which creates enough musical interest to anybody listening to the music and moreover holds the attention of the listener. Also, the opera makes sense since it has a coherent musical idiom which ensures musical continuity and clear and precise musical paragraphing. Monteverdi gave everything he could to ensure that the opera brought a lot of sense to the listeners. He acknowledged that the hitherto unexploited potential of the opera was to allow the singer's voice to move freely and along an instrumental bass path to give the required degree of harmonic support and ballast.

What interest me again is how the opera had a sure instinct of structures and symmetry. Monteverdi knew very well where and where he placed the Greek style chorus and the instrumental canzona. This was seen as an opportunity to allow the audience to hold their breath for a while before the next part of the opera could resume. His ability to think in large paragraphs was a decision he made at the time when even the most innovative of his compatriots were unable to contain any musical arguments lasting more than five minutes. He made a creative leap out of the entire opera which most of the people admire today. He created this from a play that was to be sung and not spoken throughout to the drama per musica with emotions that have been generated and intensified by the opera. Not only do I like the speech that was treated dramatically but the drama of the sung speech portrays the condition in which the opera was approached.

References

Monteverdi, C., & Stevens, D. (n.d.). L'Orfeo: Favola in musica for soloists, chorus and orchestra. London: Novello.