I need this short writen assignment paragraph done by thursday. Below are the instructions and lesson overview. Instructions: Compare and contrast oratorio and opera. Your opinion is valuable. Please expand on what you have read here and elsewhere. Paraphrase the comparison and refer to the listening examples to help make your point. Remember, this lesson extends into the Viennese and Romantic periods. In your answer, consider whether the later operas follow the traditions of the early opera by Monteverdi.       Search the Internet or the library for the terms  opera  and  oratorio . To narrow your search, you could type the words opera oratorio history (only sites with all these terms are returned). Or look up the phrase "opera history." Putting the words between quotation marks gives you information on the whole phrase. (Try different words or phrases, depending on your area of interest, e.g., "Don Giovanni," "program notes.") You will refer to these selections in your writing assignment. Also, you may want to refer to these  Don Giovanni  by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5eC9Aa9T5c Die Walküre  by Richard Wagner -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRdMTL4rSnM Falstaff  excerpt by Giuseppe Verdi -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBwHfXkadDg La Bohème  by Giacomo Puccini -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP3lV-YvCYM Lesson 6 - The Baroque Period - Special Focus: The Oratorio & Opera Overview Emphasis on detail, an increased concern for expression of emotion, and a love of contrast are the hallmarks of the Baroque period. Such composing giants as Bach and Handel make their appearance in this period, and instrumental music is as popular as vocal music. The smoothness of Renaissance polyphony gives way to varied textures, and the elaborate treatment of polyphonic text gives way in some vocal music to a focus on making the words more speech-like and clear, which is the birth of opera. Dramatic arias contrasting with the recitatives allowed for large dramatic compositions. Both opera, and another vocal form, the oratorio, are explored in depth with a special listening assignment. The listening examples will take you into later periods so you can hear how this initial idea developed. As you will see, there are similarities between opera and oratorio, the greatest differences being that one is secular and acted out and the other is sacred and less staged. Opera Staging. This is a set up for a modern opera production in an ancient location (Hadrian's Villa). What You Will Learn After successfully completing this lesson, you will understand ·  the features that characterize Baroque music.  ·  the revolution in vocal music that was started by the Camerata, a group of philosophers, noblemen, and some musicians in Florence.  ·  the changing relationship of  recitatives  and  arias  in large musical dramas.  ·  the features and development of opera and oratorio.  ·  the new role of melody, tonality, and the  figu.

1. I need this short writen assignment paragraph done by thursday.
Below are the instructions and lesson overview.
Instructions:
Compare and contrast oratorio and opera. Your opinion is
valuable. Please expand on what you have read here and
elsewhere. Paraphrase the comparison and refer to the listening
examples to help make your point. Remember, this lesson
extends into the Viennese and Romantic periods. In your
answer, consider whether the later operas follow the traditions
of the early opera by Monteverdi.
Search the Internet or the library for the terms
opera
and
oratorio
. To narrow your search, you could type the words opera
oratorio history (only sites with all these terms are returned). Or
look up the phrase "opera history." Putting the words between
quotation marks gives you information on the whole phrase.
(Try different words or phrases, depending on your area of
interest, e.g., "Don Giovanni," "program notes.")
You will refer to these selections in your writing assignment.
Also, you may want to refer to
these
Don Giovanni
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5eC9Aa9T5c
Die Walküre
by Richard Wagner -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRdMTL4rSnM

2. Falstaff
excerpt by Giuseppe Verdi -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBwHfXkadDg
La Bohème
by Giacomo Puccini -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP3lV-YvCYM
Lesson 6 - The Baroque Period - Special Focus: The Oratorio &
Opera
Overview
Emphasis on detail, an increased concern for expression of
emotion, and a love of contrast are the hallmarks of the Baroque
period. Such composing giants as Bach and Handel make their
appearance in this period, and instrumental music is as popular
as vocal music. The smoothness of Renaissance polyphony
gives way to varied textures, and the elaborate treatment of
polyphonic text gives way in some vocal music to a focus on
making the words more speech-like and clear, which is the birth
of opera. Dramatic arias contrasting with the recitatives allowed
for large dramatic compositions.
Both opera, and another vocal form, the oratorio, are explored
in depth with a special listening assignment. The listening
examples will take you into later periods so you can hear how
this initial idea developed. As you will see, there are
similarities between opera and oratorio, the greatest differences
being that one is secular and acted out and the other is sacred
and less staged.
Opera Staging. This is a set up for a modern opera production in
an ancient location (Hadrian's Villa).
What You Will Learn
After successfully completing this lesson, you will understand
·

3. the features that characterize Baroque music.
·
the revolution in vocal music that was started by the Camerata,
a group of philosophers, noblemen, and some musicians in
Florence.
·
the changing relationship of
recitatives
and
arias
in large musical dramas.
·
the features and development of opera and oratorio.
·
the new role of melody, tonality, and the
figured bass
accompaniment known as the
continuo
.
·
the major musical terms associated with the period.
·
the contributions of the era's prominent composers.
Ephesus Amphitheather
Summary
The Baroque era was a period of detail, precision, and contrasts
in the service of passion. It was another period where the
energy started in Italy. In this case, it was the remarkable
occurrence of a group of people, the Camerata in Florence,
deciding on a new form of music (however much they hoped it
was like ancient Greece). The development of monody, with its
solo voice and
basso continuo
, was a departure from the Renaissance ideal of four equal
voices in counterpoint, which had tended to obscure the text. It

4. led not only to a style of songs but also formed the basis of the
recitative in opera, as well as the move in instrumental music to
a melody with bass and harmonic accompaniment. While these
elements had widespread appeal, Handel, Bach, and other giants
of this period continued to blend their influence with polyphony
of extraordinary genius. And instrumental music became as
popular as vocal music. The period also settled into the major
and minor scales, abandoning the other church modes and
making the tonic-dominant relationship the primary harmonic
force.
Dramatic vocal music forms have played an important role in
the history of art music, especially in the Baroque era, when
both opera and the oratorio developed. There are obvious
differences between these two forms, but they share many
similarities. As opera developed in later periods, it maintained
many of its original elements, but developed new conventions
and expanded in scope.