- When and why the Magic Flute was composed

- Summary of the acts

I think its not reliable as it sounds more like a resourceful blog entry rich in personal opinion.

Encyclopedia Britannica ImageQuest, “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.,” accessed 17 Nov 2014, http://quest.eb.com/#/search/113_916815/cite

BOOK:

Cairns, David. Mozart and His Operas. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2006

- synopsis summary

- probably reliable since its under san francisco's opera association

1.1 Purpose: To justify why the chosen work is a “timeless classic” -DONE

1.2 Background: What is the seminar about? Who are the audience? Why would the audience attend this seminar? -DONE

1.3 Methodology: What are your sources eg websites, books, audio/video-recordings, interviews.etc (NOT NECESSARY)

1.4 Scope: What you will discuss in your report -DONE

2  Name of the chosen work

2.1 Background on the period when the work was composed eg what are the characteristics of 20^th

century music -DONE

2.2 Background on the composer eg you may wish to include the composer’s contemporaries, why he was considered a master, what were some of his famous pieces - YANYUN

2.3 Background on the chosen work eg how did the work come about (commissioned?) ie story behind the work, influences of the work, why is this a timeless classic in brief before moving on to 2.4 - MABEL

2.4 Analysis of the chosen work (work to be analysed as a whole or highlight an excerpt of a defining part of the work to qualify the work as a ‘timeless classic’) - SOO CHEE

3  Conclusion (summarise what we know of the composer and the work and reiterate why it is a timeless classic)

-is it even useful ._.

slight talk about reception

some background info too

J . D. M c C L A T C H Y

-probably reliable as that guy is a well known literary critic

and would like to know more about

classical music

https://www.inkling.com/read/music-roger-kamien-7th/part-4/the-classical-style-17501820

- characteristics of the classical period

*reliable as author of the book is renown

-Both Papageno and Tamino undergo the trial of silence with the Three Ladies tempting them to break the vow

-Pamina was saved from Monostatos by her mother; who learned that Tamino joined the Brotherhood and gave Pamino a dagger to kill Sarastro

-Papageno met an old crone, a disguise of Papagena 

-Papageno and Tamino was presented the magic bells and flute; summoned their lovers respectively.

-Papagena revealed herself as a beautiful woman once Papageno pledged his devotion and disappeared

-Mistaking Tamino's trial of silence for not loving her anymore, Pamina tries to commit suicide but was stopped by the Three Spirits and reunited with Tamino who undergoes his trial of fire and water

-Papageno decides to hang himself as Papagena didn't appear but stopped by the Three Spirits who instruct him to use the bells to summon Papagena

-Queen plots with Monostatos and her Three Ladies to attack Sarastro's palace for revenge but was foiled by lightning

- Sarastro pronounced his blessings, Tamino and Pamina was married

out cold, the Three Ladies appeared and killed it. Papageno 

strolled in just when Tamino gain consciousness.

- The Three Ladies then came back with a photo of the Queen

of the Night's daughter, Pamino. Tamino fell in love with her

immediately.

- He was then told that Tamino was kidnapped by an "evil wizard",

Sarastro. The Queen of the Night then appeared and asked Tamino 

to rescue her, which he agreed to. After the magic flute was given 

to him, and the magic bells were given to Papageno, they set out 

together to save the princess.

- Pamina was being "guarded" by Monostatos, a villain slave, just when

Papageno walked in. Frightened by each other, both of them fled. 

Papageno then came back as he remembered Pamino from the portrait

show to him at the start. He reassured Pamino that her rescuer was 

coming.

- Three Spirits led Tamino to Saratro's Temple, where they found out that 

Sarastro was actually saving the princess from the real evil, the Queen of the

Night.

- Papageno and Pamino were still trying to escape from the slaves, but

Papageno played his magic bells, rendering the slaves harmless.

- Tamino and Pamino finally met, but were told that they have to undergo

the trials of wisdom to be together.

- sung by the Queen of the Night in Act 2 of the The Magic Flute.

- when

http://www.roh.org.uk/news/accessible-arias-the-queen-of-the-nights-act-ii-aria-from-the-magic-flute

http://utahopera.org/backstage/2013/02/background-to-the-magic-flute/

Then from the book we borrowed:

" Unravelling the complex origins of the plot has developed into a minor industry. The identified sources are numerous. Abbé Terrasson's early eighteenth-century masonic novel, Sethos, histoire ou Vie tireé des monumens anecdotes de l'ancienne Egypte, where the princely hero is attacked by a serpent and is later admitted to a temple after passing trials by fire and water - a book that places great emphasis on the number three, and whose German translation(1777) shows verbal parallels with Schikaneder's text; the magic fables"..........

I'll send you the text through whatsapp. too long to type out; 2 pages

U no need to crop the pictures that I sent u anymore coz i'm changing it. U help to put the caption on it tomorrow.

Happy Holidays!

Want to meet up for 3-4 days before we submit the report? We can do the home study thing together before doing parts of the report.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/quotes

http://www.operaamerica.org/content/education/learningCenter/details.aspx?id=101