Jubilate! Joy We Bring, a Baroque Opera chorus, was composed by Antonio Vivaldi. It also happens to be one of the songs Callista is singing at the upcoming choir concert! Jubilate is from Vivaldi's opera La Fida Ninfa, and was first heard at the grand opening of the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Italy in 1732. Baroque music tends to have a springy, light feel to it, which you can clearly hear when you listen to Jubilate. What is interesting about the opera La Fida Ninfa, is that it seems to convey the moods and situations of his characters described in his music. Also, an interesting fact is that the opera La Fida Ninfa was composed in great haste by Vivaldi. This is because the organizers of the theater opening replaced their original composer, Giuseppe Maria Orlandina, and as a last minute decision, they chose Vivaldi, who had to write the opera in a hurry.
La Fida Ninfa was composed by Vivaldi to a libretto (a text of an opera or vocal work) by Francesco Scipione, an educated aristocrat who was also a poet. Francesco Scipione also happened to be one of the organizers of the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Italy. His libretto La Fida Ninfa was about love-struck nymphs, grumpy pirates, and multiple cases of mistaken identity.
La Fida Ninfa also shows a new Baroque musical style which has short, repeated melodic motifs. These melodic motifs are also known as musical building blocks or a prominent sequence of notes. (For example, the first four notes in Beetoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor). They are used as building blocks to a theme; the larger, overarching main idea of the song.
Anyways, I think we will have a blast singing the opera songs at the concert!
-Mohini Batish
La Fida Ninfa was composed by Vivaldi to a libretto (a text of an opera or vocal work) by Francesco Scipione, an educated aristocrat who was also a poet. Francesco Scipione also happened to be one of the organizers of the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Italy. His libretto La Fida Ninfa was about love-struck nymphs, grumpy pirates, and multiple cases of mistaken identity.
La Fida Ninfa also shows a new Baroque musical style which has short, repeated melodic motifs. These melodic motifs are also known as musical building blocks or a prominent sequence of notes. (For example, the first four notes in Beetoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor). They are used as building blocks to a theme; the larger, overarching main idea of the song.
Anyways, I think we will have a blast singing the opera songs at the concert!
-Mohini Batish
I love this song and hearing it makes me feel like there is so much history about it. Singing it for the concert is a good choice. the song to me feels almost Christmas based because of the joy and how it sounds. The tone in the song seems to have such a rich way to move and it flows very nicely from on section to the next. Once you listen you hear how well many people have song it and the jot that is brought to who ever hears it. I love this song because of the joy it gives to me and the excitement it has to all of use. I heard the song once and I felt like I went back in time to where it was being made and song. i could hear the group singing it as we song it. This song is one of the best we are doing and excited for the concert.
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