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Pierpaolo Polzonetti

Musicologist

Sep 21, 2026

22:47
Like after I hear that, I just, I'm, I'm just absolutely transported.
22:54
Yeah.
22:54
I mean, that's, that's the incredible thing.
22:57
It's also about, yeah, we talk about, you know, pregnancy and the sacred, all these aspects that can breach physical and metaphysical.
23:09
Ultimately it's a human pure, I mean, it's a profoundly human experience you know that's the every time that there is the humanity of christ evoked there are these sublime moments and that's typical of the Catholic enlightenment of Haydn's masses are the same.
23:35
One thing that is obvious from the operatic repertory is that the breaking down of syllables that should be unbroken is is a device, it's a music dramatic device to show the emotional physicality.
24:04
So instead of having an abstract ancient style counterpoint like Palestrina would do, you have an emotional reaction that affects your breath, affects the way you pronounce things, and this comes from the tradition of comic opera.

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36:43
other commissions or obligations, or he couldn't afford to do something without some sort of monetary payment, because he did think enough of the music to bring it back for

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