This is part 2 of a two-part series on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read part 1 here. Church works and Idomeneo Mozart’s desire to not stay in Salzburg had not diminished, but his need for employment and income won out and he returned in 1779. There, Mozart composed a series of church works,… Read More
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Five arias from Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Corsaro
Five texts from Il Corsaro, as set by Giuseppe Verdi, have recently been added to the IPA Source database. The first performance of Il Corsaro was October, 1848. The libretto for Il Corsaro was created by Francesco Maria Piave, who based it upon the poem, The Corsair, by Lord Byron. At the time Il Corsaro was being written by Piave, Verdi… Read More
Featured composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (part 1 of 2)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791), born in Salzburg, Austria, was an important and respected composer. As an adult, he referred to himself as “Wolfgang Amadè Mozart,” but it is noted that his name had many variants. As a child, his baptismal record listed his name in Latin as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus… Read More
Three Mozart Opera Librettos written by Lorenzo da Ponte
Lorenzo da Ponte (March 10, 1749 – August 17, 1838) was an Italian (later American) poet and opera librettist who is remembered today for his librettos for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s three most famous operas: Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosí fan tutte. Born into a Jewish family, his father, upon the death of Lorenzo’s mother,… Read More
Recently added and perfect for Baritone
Recently added to our International Phonetic Alphabet database, In braccio alle dovizie, Monforte’s scene and aria from act three of the opera I vespri Siciliani. Text by Eugène Scribe (1790-1861) and Charles Duveyrier (1803-1866) Set by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Download the IPA Text: https://www.ipasource.com/in-braccio-alle-dovizie.html Complete score: https://imslp.nl/imglnks/usimg/7/76/IMSLP517038-PMLP55448-Verdi_-_I_vespri_Siciliani_-_Act_I_(orch._score)_(etc).pdf From wikipedia.org: I vespri siciliani (Italian pronunciation: [i ˈvɛːspri… Read More
IPA Source now contains International Phonetic Alphabet translations for all 93 solo works of Debussy
IPA Source Founder & Principal Author, Bard Suverkrop, has been busy. IPA Source now contains International Phonetic Alphabet translations for all 93 solo works of Claude Debussy. Just added to our database: Chanson triste (text by Maurice Bouchor) Listen to Ninon Vallin: Romance (Les baisers d’amour) (text by Maurice Bouchor) Listen to Gillian Keith, soprano;… Read More
Featured composer: Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini, born February 29, 1792, was an Italian composer. Prolific and expedient, he wrote 39 operas and numerous sacred music, chamber music, and piano pieces. Rossini’s vocal compositions demand great vocal agility and have therefore had a lasting impact on the vocal training of opera singers. Rossini’s parents were both musicians. His father, Giuseppe,… Read More
April composer birthdays
We’re celebrating 6 composer birthdays during the month of April. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual. Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni, born 4/1/1866. Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/b/busoni-ferruccio-1866-1924.html Franz Paul Lachner, born 4/2/1803. Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/l/lachner-franz-paul-1803-1890.html Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, born 4/3/1895 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/c/castelnuovo-tedesco-mario-1895-1968.html Louis (Ludwig) Spohr, born 4/5/1784. Our… Read More