Writing the Research Proposal. Creating a Thesis Statement - The OWL at Purdue. Summary: This resource provides tips for creating a thesis statement and examples of different types of thesis statements. Contributors:Elyssa Tardiff, Allen BrizeeLast Edited: 2014-02-10 10:44:43 Tips for Writing Your Thesis Statement 1. Determine what kind of paper you are writing: An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience.An expository (explanatory) paper explains something to the audience.An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence.
If you are writing a text that does not fall under these three categories (e.g., a narrative), a thesis statement somewhere in the first paragraph could still be helpful to your reader. 2. 3. 4. Thesis Statement Examples Example of an analytical thesis statement: The paper that follows should: Example of an expository (explanatory) thesis statement: Research proposal. Development of opera. The Development of Opera. Opera is an elaborate form of art that blends together many orchestral, lyrical, and theatrical aesthetics. In tracing the origins of opera, we will examine the various forms of opera that have originated over time, as well as some of the most celebrated operas and composers. To understand the development of opera, it is helpful to first become familiar with the common elements of the genre.
Singing is one of the most salient operatic elements. Although opera is presented theatrically (using a stage, performers, acting and costumes), the words in operas, called librettos, are commonly sung rather than spoken. Two types of singing exist in opera. Hoffer (2005) mentions that distinct voices are frequently matched with the role of the character in an opera. Musical accompaniment is another essential component of opera. The early traces of opera began in early seventeenth century Europe as an attempt to restore ancient Greek drama. References Wikipedia,com, 2006. Research Proposal: Format, Outline, and Topics. Origin And Development Of Opera. The term “opera,” derived, or rather abbreviated, from the words opera in music (works in music i.e., a musical work), is only a convenient title that has found favor by its brevity and through lack of a better. Translate it and read “works,” and we see that it is a meaningless term in all else than that it is something created.
And what is this “something” that has been created, that is in people’s mouths so often, and that we designate by the word opera? The least cultured will be able to answer that it is a work for the stage, in which music plays a prominent part ; that it is this, and some-thing more, must be shown as we study its rise and development. Since ordinary feelings or emotions are by no means naturally expressed by musical sounds, opera must be admitted to be a thing of artificiality. Artificial, then, as opera is, and must be, it can justify its artificiality. But not all opera is sung throughout. Peri led the way ; others followed. Italian opera. Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language. Opera was born in Italy around the year 1600 and Italian opera has continued to play a dominant role in the history of the form until the present day. Many famous operas in Italian were written by foreign composers, including Handel, Gluck and Mozart.
Works by native Italian composers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini, are amongst the most famous operas ever written and today are performed in opera houses across the world. Origins[edit] The solo madrigal, frottola, villanella and their kin featured prominently in the intermedio or intermezzo, theatrical spectacles with music that were funded in the last seventy years of the 16th century by the opulent and increasingly secular courts of Italy's city-states. The 17th century[edit] Florence and Mantua[edit] The music of Dafne is now lost. Opera in Rome[edit] Venice: commercial opera[edit]