Defining Moments...NOT!
So I learnt something new again...
An overture is an instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera or oratorio. It can also mean a similar orchestral work intended for independent concert performance.
And 'aria' is a solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment, as in an opera.
Sounds random right? But it's important knowledge if you're the Advisor to a concert band. And it saves you the embarrassment when someone asks you if you remember listening to a certain overture in an opera you've watched. Its definition alone should give you a clue at a fff level that it was performed at the beginning before the opera... and not during. Tootatitoot!
A big DANG! till your head concuss, can? So bad that you wake up in the morning blogging about it. You get the drift...
An overture is an instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera or oratorio. It can also mean a similar orchestral work intended for independent concert performance.
And 'aria' is a solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment, as in an opera.
Sounds random right? But it's important knowledge if you're the Advisor to a concert band. And it saves you the embarrassment when someone asks you if you remember listening to a certain overture in an opera you've watched. Its definition alone should give you a clue at a fff level that it was performed at the beginning before the opera... and not during. Tootatitoot!
A big DANG! till your head concuss, can? So bad that you wake up in the morning blogging about it. You get the drift...
