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Armide: drame héroïque

Armide was premiered at the Paris Opéra on September 23, 1777, recalling the earlier success of Lully’s opera of the same name, which premiered nearly a century earlier on February 15, 1686. After collaborating on several reform operas with Calzabigi, Gluck revived the older dramatic tradition of Quinault (Lully's librettist) by setting the older text in the modern musical style. The seventeenth-century five act model requires more continuous music, with few distinct arias, as well as divertissements and spectacular effects. Gluck also respects the tragic conclusion endemic to the model, avoiding the modern practice of the lieto fine ("happy ending") in which misfortunes are reversed at the last possible moment.
Date: 1811
Creator: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Armide : tragedie mise en musique

Armide, which premiered at the Paris Opéra February 15, 1686, was the last tragédie lyrique on which Jean-Baptiste Lully collaborated with his favorite librettist, Philippe Quinault. Quinault retired from the stage after Armide, and Lully died a year later on March 22, 1687. From its first performance, Armide was considered their masterpiece. Armide is unusual among Lully and Quinault's tragédies lyriques in that it concentrates on the psychological development of a single character; the reflective style of this late work may be regarded as an early presentiment of trends toward individualism in art.
Date: 1686
Creator: Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 & Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Armide: Drame héroique, mis en musique

Armide was premiered at the Paris Opéra on September 23, 1777, recalling the earlier success of Lully’s opera of the same name, which premiered nearly a century earlier on February 15, 1686. After collaborating on several reform operas with Calzabigi, Gluck revived the older dramatic tradition of Quinault (Lully's librettist) by setting the older text in the modern musical style. The seventeenth-century five act model requires more continuous music, with few distinct arias, as well as divertissements and spectacular effects. Gluck also respects the tragic conclusion endemic to the model, avoiding the modern practice of the lieto fine ("happy ending") in which misfortunes are reversed at the last possible moment.
Date: 1783
Creator: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Armide: Drame héroique, mis en musique

Armide was premiered at the Paris Opéra on September 23, 1777, recalling the earlier success of Lully’s opera of the same name, which premiered nearly a century earlier on February 15, 1686. After collaborating on several reform operas with Calzabigi, Gluck revived the older dramatic tradition of Quinault (Lully's librettist) by setting the older text in the modern musical style. The seventeenth-century five act model requires more continuous music, with few distinct arias, as well as divertissements and spectacular effects. Gluck also respects the tragic conclusion endemic to the model, avoiding the modern practice of the lieto fine ("happy ending") in which misfortunes are reversed at the last possible moment.
Date: 1783
Creator: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Armide

Armide, which premiered at the Paris Opéra February 15, 1686, was the last tragédie lyrique on which Jean-Baptiste Lully collaborated with his favorite librettist, Philippe Quinault. Quinault retired from the stage after Armide, and Lully died a year later on March 22, 1687. From its first performance, Armide was considered their masterpiece. Armide is unusual among Lully and Quinault's tragédies lyriques in that it concentrates on the psychological development of a single character; the reflective style of this late work may be regarded as an early presentiment of trends toward individualism in art.
Date: 1686~
Creator: Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 & Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Nouvelles parodies bachiques, mélées de vaudevilles ou ronde de table

This a copy of vol. 2 of an anthology of French songs compiled by Christophe Ballad, music publisher of King Louis XIV. The work consists mainly of unaccompanied melodies with underlaid text for selected acts of the following tragedies: Proserpine (pp. 1-19); Le triomphe de l'amour (pp. 20-60); Persée (pp. 61-81); Phaeton (pp. 62-94); Amadis (pp. 95-125); Roland (pp. 126-155); Armide (pp. 169-176); Acis et Galatée (pp. 177-192). It contains also melodies for "Ballet du temple de la Paix" (pp. 156-168), and Vaudevilles on rondes de table (pp. 193-264). Two previous editions, compiled by Monsieur Ribon, published under title: Parodies bachiques. Cf. RISM, v. B I, 1 1695(4) and 1696(1), present ed. listed as 1700(3).
Date: 1700
Creator: Ballard, Christophe, 1641-1715.
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2011-11-21 – Early Music Ensembles

Early Music Ensembles concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: November 21, 2011
Creator: Leenhouts, Paul, 1957- & Sparks, Richard, 1950-
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Roland; tragédie mise en musique

Roland is one of three operas by composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and librettist Philippe Quinault based on the medieval legends of chivalry (the other two are Amadis and Armide). Roland sets episodes from Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso. And, like its sibling Armide, Roland centers on the conflict between duty and love. Acts I-III portray this conflict within Angélique, Queen of Cathay, while the remaining acts concern Roland's unrequited love for Angélique, which is resolved only when the goddesses Glory and Fame show him that this too is a struggle between duty and love.
Date: 1685
Creator: Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 & Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Roland. Tragédie mis en musique

Roland is one of three operas by composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and librettist Philippe Quinault based on the medieval legends of chivalry (the other two are Amadis and Armide). This is the second edition. Roland sets episodes from Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso. And, like its sibling Armide, Roland centers on the conflict between duty and love. Acts I-III portray this conflict within Angélique, Queen of Cathay, while the remaining acts concern Roland's unrequited love for Angélique, which is resolved only when the goddesses Glory and Fame show him that this too is a struggle between duty and love.
Date: 1709
Creator: Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 & Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2007-10-12 – Baroque Orchestra and Collegium Singers

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.
Date: October 12, 2007
Creator: University of North Texas. Baroque Orchestra.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Graduate Artist Certificate Recital: 2011-11-10 - Reynaldo Patiño, baroque violin

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Organ Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance.
Date: November 10, 2011
Creator: Patinoño, Reyaldo
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2017-04-26 – Classical Guitar Ensemble Chamber Music Concert

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Classical Guitar Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: April 26, 2017
Creator: University of North Texas. Guitar Ensemble.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2011-11-21 – Early Music Ensembles

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: November 21, 2011
Creator: Leenhouts, Paul, 1957- & Sparks, Richard
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remarks and Reflections on French Recitative: Ban Inquiry into Performance Practice Based on the Observations of Bénigne de Bacilly, Jean-Léonor de Grimarest, and Jean-Baptiste Dubos (open access)

Remarks and Reflections on French Recitative: Ban Inquiry into Performance Practice Based on the Observations of Bénigne de Bacilly, Jean-Léonor de Grimarest, and Jean-Baptiste Dubos

This study concerns the declaimed performance of recitative in early French opera. Because the dramatic use of the voice was crucial to the opera genre, this investigation begins with a survey of historical definitions of declamation. Once the topic has been described, the thesis proceeds to thoroughly study three treatises dealing with sung recitation: Bacilly's Remarques curieuses, Grimarest's Traité de recitatif, and Dubos' Reflexions critiques. Principles from these sources are then applied to representative scenes from the literature. The paper closes with a commentary on the relationship between spoken and sung delivery and on the development of different declamatory styles.
Date: August 1985
Creator: Reid, Michael A. (Michael Alan)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reimagining “The Art of Phrasing” by Jean Baptiste Arban: Teaching Musical Style to Modern Day Trumpet Players (open access)

Reimagining “The Art of Phrasing” by Jean Baptiste Arban: Teaching Musical Style to Modern Day Trumpet Players

“The Art of Phrasing” is a chapter from Arban’s Complete Celebrated Method for the Cornet (published in 1864) that contains a selection of 150 melodies from Classical and early Romantic works. This section of Arban’s method was necessary for a new generation of cornet and trumpet players to learn melodic phrasing and style. A larger part of the trumpet solo repertoire was written for the clarino register or composed in fanfares due to the limitation of the valveless trumpet. The newly chromatic cornet grew to be a prominent solo instrument in symphonies and wind bands by the mid 19th century, and Arban's “Art of Phrasing” instructed players in musical style. Due to today’s vast number of musical genres, it is unlikely that present day students will be exposed to the melodies of “The Art of Phrasing.” With advancements in music streaming technology and with increased accessibility to countless recordings via the internet, trumpet players are able to access recordings of the melodies. However, there are errors and omissions in the chapter that prevents students from finding recordings with ease. This dissertation presents a new compilation of melodies organized by musical period from medieval to modern day, complete with proper title, …
Date: December 2015
Creator: George, Miranda
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Junior Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1933 (open access)

The Junior Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1933

Weekly student newspaper from San Antonio Junior College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1933
Creator: San Antonio Junior College
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Statistical Investigation of the Phenomena of Absolute Tempo as Described by Hallock, Mursell and Others (open access)

A Statistical Investigation of the Phenomena of Absolute Tempo as Described by Hallock, Mursell and Others

The problem of absolute or positive pitch has been studied by a considerable number of researchers. This cannot be said, however, for the problem of the element of tempo, or the normal speed of the true beat in music. The reason for this probably lies in the fact that absolute pitch can be measured quite accurately, for it is dependent upon the anatomy and physiology of the ear. On the other hand, a means whereby the innate pulse in music can be externalized so as to be capable of exact expression and measure in number, presents a challenge to those interested in further investigation of this phenomenon.
Date: August 1946
Creator: Glass, Barbara Jean
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 168, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 5, 1908 (open access)

Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 168, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 5, 1908

Daily newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 5, 1908
Creator: Shook, L. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 2009 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 2009

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 7, 2009
Creator: Samuels, Jeanne F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development and Demonstration of a Modeling Framework for Assessing the Efficacy of Using Mine Water for Thermoelectric Power Generation (open access)

Development and Demonstration of a Modeling Framework for Assessing the Efficacy of Using Mine Water for Thermoelectric Power Generation

Thermoelectric power plants use large volumes of water for condenser cooling and other plant operations. Traditionally, this water has been withdrawn from the cleanest water available in streams and rivers. However, as demand for electrical power increases it places increasing demands on freshwater resources resulting in conflicts with other off stream water users. In July 2002, NETL and the Governor of Pennsylvania called for the use of water from abandoned mines to replace our reliance on the diminishing and sometimes over allocated surface water resource. In previous studies the National Mine Land Reclamation Center (NMLRC) at West Virginia University has demonstrated that mine water has the potential to reduce the capital cost of acquiring cooling water while at the same time improving the efficiency of the cooling process due to the constant water temperatures associated with deep mine discharges. The objectives of this project were to develop and demonstrate a user-friendly computer based design aid for assessing the costs, technical and regulatory aspects and potential environmental benefits for using mine water for thermoelectric generation. The framework provides a systematic process for evaluating the hydrologic, chemical, engineering and environmental factors to be considered in using mine water as an alternative to …
Date: March 1, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas County Probate Case 2640: Archinard, E.R. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2640: Archinard, E.R. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Archinard, E.R. (died June 20, 1892) and M.A. Archinard (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-12-12/1904-11-12
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The French Ballet De Cour and Its Predecessors, 1400-1650 (open access)

The French Ballet De Cour and Its Predecessors, 1400-1650

A study of the historical development of the origins of ballet in Italy and France during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Specifically focuses on the ballet-comique de la reine and the ballet de cour.
Date: January 1952
Creator: Bice, John Arch
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 58, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 6, 1926 (open access)

The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 58, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 6, 1926

Semiweekly newspaper from Electra, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1926
Creator: Meyer, Ben F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Banner-Leader. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1908 (open access)

The Banner-Leader. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Ballinger, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 10, 1908
Creator: Sledge, A. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History