genre aureliano in palmira
Chamber ___MASK66___ is a form of ___MASK14___ that is composed for a small group of instruments  traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room . Most broadly , it includes any art ___MASK66___ that is performed by a small number of performers , with one performer to a part ( in contrast to orchestral ___MASK66___ , in which each string part is played by a number of performers ). However , by convention , it usually does not include solo instrument performances . A ___MASK1___ ensemble , also known as a music group or ___MASK1___ group , is a group of people who perform ___MASK76___ and / or ___MASK89___ , with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name . Some music ensembles consist solely of instruments , such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra . Some music ensembles consist solely of singers , such as choirs and doo wop groups . In both popular music and classical music , there are ensembles in which both instrumentalists and singers perform , such as the rock band or the Baroque chamber group for basso continuo ( harpsichord and cello ) and one or more singers . In classical music , trios or quartets either blend the sounds of ___MASK1___ instrument families ( such as piano , strings , and wind instruments ) or group together instruments from the same instrument family , such as string ensembles ( e . g ., string quartet ) or wind ensembles ( e . g ., wind quintet ). Some ensembles blend the sounds of a ___MASK33___ of instrument families , such as the orchestra , which uses a string section , brass instruments , woodwinds and percussion instruments , or the concert band , which uses brass , woodwinds and percussion . The piano is an acoustic , stringed ___MASK1___ instrument , in which the strings are struck by hammers . It is played using a keyboard , which is a row of keys ( small levers ) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings . Invented in about 1700 ( the exact year is uncertain ), the piano is widely employed in classical , jazz , traditional and popular music for solo and ensemble performances , accompaniment , and for composing , songwriting and rehearsals . Although the piano is very heavy and thus not portable and is expensive ( in comparison with other widely used accompaniment instruments , such as the acoustic guitar ), its ___MASK1___ versatility ( i . e ., its wide pitch range , ability to ___MASK15___ chords with up to 10 notes , louder or softer notes and two or more independent ___MASK1___ lines at the same time ), the large number of musicians and amateurs trained in playing it , and its wide availability in performance venues , schools and rehearsal spaces have made it one of the Western world ' s most familiar ___MASK1___ instruments . Europa riconosciuta ( meaning " Europa Revealed " or " Europa Recognized ") is an ___MASK2___ in two acts by Antonio Salieri , designated as a " ___MASK88___ ", set to an Italian libretto by Mattia Verazi . A ___MASK79___ ( literally " sung ", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb " cantare ", " to sing ") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment , typically in several movements , often involving a choir . Recitative ( also known by its Italian name " recitativo ") is a style of delivery ( much used in operas , oratorios , and cantatas ) in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms of ordinary speech . Recitative does not repeat lines as formally composed songs do . It resembles sung ordinary speech more than a formal ___MASK1___ composition . A musician ( or instrumentalist ) is a person who plays a ___MASK1___ instrument or is musically talented . Anyone who composes , conducts , or performs music may also be referred to as a musician . ___MASK35___ is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia . It has since become a widespread , highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology . It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres . Becoming a ___MASK35___ dancer requires years of training . ___MASK35___ has been taught in various schools around the world , which have historically incorporated their own cultures to evolve the art . Gioachino Antonio Rossini ( 29 February 179213 November 1868 ) was an Italian composer who wrote operas , as well as some sacred ___MASK66___ , songs , chamber ___MASK66___ and piano pieces . Costume is the distinctive style of dress of an individual or group that reflects their class , ___MASK93___ , profession , ethnicity , nationality , activity or epoch . A composer ( Latin " compn "; literally " one who puts together ") is a person who creates or writes ___MASK66___ , which can be ___MASK89___ ( for a singer or choir ), instrumental ___MASK66___ ( e . g ., for solo piano , string quartet , wind quintet or orchestra ) or ___MASK66___ which combines both instruments and voices ( e . g ., opera or art song , which is a singer accompanied by a pianist ). The core meaning of the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition of Western classical ___MASK66___ through creation of works expressed in written musical notation ( e . g ., sheet ___MASK66___ scores ). ___MASK22___ is a genre of light opera , " light " in terms both of music and subject matter . Italian ( or " lingua italiana " ) is a ___MASK6___ language . It is the second - closest to Latin in terms of vocabulary after Sardinian . Italian is an official language in Italy , Switzerland , San Marino , Vatican City and ___MASK86___ Istria ( in Slovenia and Croatia ). It used to have official status in Albania , Malta and Monaco , where it is still widely spoken , as well as in former Italian East Africa and Italian North Africa regions where it plays a significant role in various sectors . Italian is spoken by small minorities in places such as France ( especially in Corsica ), Montenegro , Bosnia & Herzegovina , Crimea and Tunisia and by large expatriate communities in the Americas . Many speakers are native bilinguals of both standardized Italian and other regional languages . Italian is the fourth most studied language in the world . Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character  in theatre , ___MASK24___ , film , ___MASK23___ , or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode . ___MASK2___ ( English plural : " operas "; Italian plural : " opere " ) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text ( ___MASK64___ ) and musical score , usually in a theatrical setting . In traditional opera , singers do two types of singing : recitative , a speech - inflected style and arias , a more melodic style . ___MASK2___ incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre , such as acting , scenery , and costumes and sometimes includes dance . The performance is typically given in an opera house , accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble , which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor . A ___MASK64___ is the text used in , or intended for , an extended musical work such as an opera , operetta , masque , oratorio , ___MASK79___ or musical . The term " ___MASK64___ " is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works , such as the Mass , requiem and sacred ___MASK79___ , or the story line of a ___MASK35___ . A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or ___MASK46___ with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past . Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes ( like lawyers ' wigs or military officers ' spurs ), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings . Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years  the word " tradition " itself derives from the Latin " tradere " or " traderer " literally meaning to transmit , to hand over , to give for safekeeping . While it is commonly assumed that traditions have ancient history , many traditions have been invented on purpose , whether that be political or cultural , over short periods of time . Various academic disciplines also use the word in a ___MASK33___ of ways . ___MASK16___ is a ___MASK19___ form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement . This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value , and is acknowledged as dance by performers and observers within a particular culture . ___MASK16___ can be categorized and described by its choreography , by its repertoire of movements , or by its historical period or place of origin . ___MASK69___ is the specific mode of ___MASK82___ represented in performance . The term comes from a Greek word meaning " action " ( Classical Greek : , " drama "), which is derived from " to do " ( Classical Greek : , " drao "). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy . They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses , Thalia , and Melpomene . Thalia was the Muse of comedy ( the laughing face ), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy ( the weeping face ). Considered as a genre of poetry in general , the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle ' s " Poetics " ( c . 335 BCE ) the earliest work of dramatic theory . MILAN (" milan ( e )" is French for kite ) is a European anti - tank guided missile . ___MASK61___ of the MILAN started in 1962 , it was ready for trials in 1971 , and was accepted for service in 1972 . It is a wire guided SACLOS ( semi - automatic command to line - of - sight ) missile , which means the sight of the launch unit has to be aimed at the target to guide the missile . The MILAN can be equipped with a MIRA or MILIS thermal sight to give it night - firing ability . Theatre or ___MASK83___ is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers , typically actors or actresses , to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place , often a stage . The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture , speech , ___MASK80___ , music , and ___MASK16___ . Elements of art , such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality , presence and immediacy of the experience . The specific place of the performance is also named by the word " theatre " as derived from the Ancient Greek  ( théatron , " a place for viewing "), itself from  ( theáomai , " to see ", " to watch ", " to observe "). Antonio Salieri ( 18 August 17507 May 1825 ) was an Italian classical composer , conductor , and teacher . He was born in Legnago , south of Verona , in the Republic of Venice , and spent his ___MASK72___ life and career as a subject of the Habsburg Monarchy . An ___MASK2___ house is a theatre building used for ___MASK2___ performances that consists of a stage , an orchestra pit , audience seating , and backstage facilities for costumes and set building . While some venues are constructed specifically for operas , other ___MASK2___ houses are part of larger performing arts centers . An ___MASK36___ is a large ___MASK76___ ensemble typical of ___MASK14___ , which features string instruments such as violin , viola , cello and double bass , as well as brass , woodwinds , and ___MASK7___ instruments , grouped in sections . Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes appear in a fifth keyboard section or may stand alone , as may the concert harp and , for performances of some modern compositions , electronic instruments . Aureliano in Palmira is an operatic dramma serio in two acts written by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian ___MASK64___ in which the librettist was credited only by the initials `` G . F . R . '' The ___MASK64___ has generally been attributed to Giuseppe Felice Romani , but sometimes to the otherwise unknown Gian Francesco Romanelli . It has been suggested that the latter name may have resulted from a confusion of Romani with Luigi Romanelli , La Scala ' s house poet prior to Romani ' s appointment to the post . The story was based on the ___MASK64___ by Gaetano Sertor for Pasquale Anfossi ' s 1789 opera Zenobia in Palmira and it centers on the rivalry between the Roman Emperor Aurelian and Prince Arsace of Persia over the beautiful Zenobia , Queen of Palmyra . The Act 1 duet between Zenobia and Arsace , Se tu m ' ami , o mia regina ( `` If you love me , oh my queen '' ) , was greatly admired by Stendhal . Although he had never seen a complete performance of Aureliano in Palmira , he heard the duet in a concert in Paris and described its music as `` sublime '' and one of the best duets that Rossini had written . Other music from this opera , particularly the overture , was later reused by Rossini in Elisabetta , regina d ' Inghilterra and in The Barber of Seville . It premiered at La Scala in Milan on 26 December 1813 . A Requiem or Requiem ___MASK50___ , also known as ___MASK50___ for the dead ( Latin : " Missa pro defunctis ") or ___MASK50___ of the dead ( Latin : " Missa defunctorum "), is a ___MASK50___ in the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons , using a particular form of the Roman Missal . It is frequently , but not necessarily , celebrated in the context of a funeral . La Scala ( abbreviation in Italian language for the official name ) is an ___MASK2___ house in Milan , Italy . The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the "" ( New Royal - Ducal Theatre alla Scala ). The premiere performance was Antonio Salieri ' s " Europa riconosciuta ". The masque was a form of festive courtly ___MASK10___ that flourished in 16th - and early 17th - century Europe , though it was developed earlier in Italy , in forms including the intermedio ( a public version of the masque was the pageant ). A masque involved music and dancing , singing and acting , within an elaborate stage design , in which the architectural framing and costumes might be designed by a renowned architect , to present a deferential allegory flattering to the patron . Professional actors and musicians were hired for the speaking and singing parts . Often the masquers , who did not speak or sing , were courtiers : the English queen Anne of Denmark frequently danced with her ladies in masques between 1603 and 1611 , and Henry VIII and Charles I of England performed in the masques at their courts . In the tradition of masque , Louis XIV of France danced in ballets at Versailles with music by Jean - Baptiste Lully . An ___MASK34___ is a large ___MASK1___ composition for orchestra , choir , and soloists . Like an opera , an ___MASK34___ includes the use of a choir , soloists , an ensemble , various distinguishable characters , and arias . However , opera is ___MASK1___ theatre , while ___MASK34___ is strictly a concert piece  though oratorios are sometimes staged as operas , and operas are sometimes presented in concert form . In an ___MASK34___ there is generally little or no interaction between the characters , and no props or elaborate costumes . A particularly important difference is in the typical subject matter of the text . Opera tends to deal with history and mythology , including age - old devices of romance , deception , and murder , whereas the plot of an ___MASK34___ often deals with sacred topics , making it appropriate for performance in the church . Protestant composers took their stories from the Bible , while Catholic composers looked to the lives of saints , as well as to Biblical topics . Oratorios became extremely popular in early 17th - century Italy partly because of the success of opera and the Catholic Church ' s prohibition of spectacles during Lent . Oratorios became the main choice of music during that period for opera audiences . An aria ( plural : " arie " , or " arias " in common usage , diminutive form arietta or ariette ) in ___MASK66___ was originally any expressive melody , usually , but not always , performed by a singer . The term became used almost exclusively to describe a self - contained piece for one voice , with or without orchestral accompaniment , normally part of a larger work . The typical context for arias is ___MASK2___ , but vocal arias also feature in oratorios and cantatas , sharing features of the operatic arias of their periods .