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For the writing assignement due Feb. 12, here are selections that are mostly sung by one singer, rather than an ensemble. As you listen, consider the dramatic situation and how Mozart has set the text (and that situation) to music. What do you hear...
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For the writing assignement due Feb. 12, here are selections that are mostly sung by one singer, rather than an ensemble. As you listen, consider the dramatic situation and how Mozart has set the text (and that situation) to music. What do you hear that conveys the emotional message of the aria? Describe what you hear, using Shafer's vocabulary, metaphor, or musical terms... anything that works. See if you can show how what you hear relates to what you understand. These are .mp3 files. The texts are identified by Act and scene. (The page numbers refer to the libretto handed out, but you will have to write in the page numbers.) Read the entire scene, then reread the text of the selection. Listen, following the text as well as you can. Practice will help with this. See less 
