Learning Objectives To revise the To understand the

Learning Objectives • To revise the • To understand the definitions of LGBT. ‘Trouser Role’ • To identify the • To understand the LGBT musicians in role of Cherabino in history ‘Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart • To analyse and identify classical harmonic formulas in the aria ‘Voi Che Sapete’

What do these musicians have in common? Liszt Dana International Elton John George Michael Bessie Smith Cole Porter Benjamin Britten K. D. Lang John Cage Freddy Mercury Melissa Etheridge Madonna Beth Ditto Tchaikovsky Chopin Janis Ian Scissor Sisters Leonard Bernstein

Listen and watch this clip of Cherubino singing ‘Voi Che Sapete’ from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart • http: //www. youtube. co m/watch? v=o 7 y 3_SZq. N i 4&feature=related

Definitions – Research and prepare your answers: Note: Use ‘Guide to the trouser role’ and the internet to help you What is a trouser role – give an example? Which voice type sings the trouser role? What is the range of this type of voice? What is the name of the male voice that sings in this range? • In which eras were these voice types popular? • Give two examples of composers who wrote for these voice types? • •

Read through the libretto and discuss the intent of the performance Tell me what love is, what can it be? What is this yearning burning me? Can I survive it, will I endure? This is my sickness, is there a cure? First this obsession seizing my brain, Starting in passion, ending in pain. I start to shiver, then I'm on fire, then I'm aquiver with what can it be? seething desire. Who knows the secret, What is this yearning, who holds the key? burning in me? I long for something - What is this yearning, what can it be? burning in me? My brain is reeling, I What is this yearning, wonder why; burning in me? And then the feeling I'm going to die. By day it haunts me, haunts me by night. This tender torment, tinged with delight! Tell me what love is,

Look at the score of ‘Voi che sapete’ Analyze the harmonic structure identifying classical conventions Refer to: Key Modulation Left hand accompaniment Ornamentation Performance markings Cadences Identify: • A Tonic chord • iib V 1 cadence • Modulation to the dominant • Modulation to the relative minor • Key changes

What were your findings? Give a short presentation to the group detailing your analysis of the harmony and conventions of ‘Voi che sapete’ and give reasoned conclusions as to why it firmly belongs in the classical era