August 20-26 Listening/Composer Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Guiseppe Verdi

Composer (listen to the three examples on the page!):

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/ComposerDetail.aspx?composerID=36 

And YouTube links:

Pavarotti performing La Dona Mobile from Verdi's Opera "Rigoletto" (you can stop watching at 2:30 once the scene changes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg

Rigoletto transcription by Liszt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY_oQISCcAs

Question: How would you describe Verdi's style of music?