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"Abesalom and Eteri" - romantic. legend of love conquering death. The prince and the vizier Abesalom Moorman during a hunt meet Eteri beautiful, grown into a peasant family. Both fall in love with her, but Moorman hides his feelings. During the wedding Abesaloma and Eteri Vizier gives her a poisoned necklace grave illness affects her. Moorman promises to cure her in the mountains, where his castle. Abesalom agrees, and takes away Eteri Moorman. But Abesalom can not survive the separation from his beloved and dies. Eteri stabs over his corpse.The composer has used the wealth of advanced music. drama (arias, ensembles, choruses) is widely used polyphonic construction. Moose. the language of opera clearly national. The sharp contrasts of light and darkness, a clear transition from poetry to the sorrow and grief, emotional drama and emotional intensity, charming and bright melody typical drama of this opera, which played a historical. role in the development of the cargo, music, and music. theater.Ghassan Abu (Abu Hassan)-Singspiel, KM Weber, in a village, Libre. FK Chimera. The first statement - Munich, June 4, 1811 Later, the composer has created a new one. Ed. (Dresden, 1823). Narrative motifs date back to one of the tales of "1001 Nights".Favorites of the caliph and his wife Zobeida - Abu Hassan and Fatima - Circle in debt. To get out, they decide to resort to deception. Fatima goes to Zobeida and reports of "death" Gus Abu-san. Zobeida gives her 50 gold and velvet cover. Abu Hassan said the caliph of the 'death' of Fatima gets called from him the money. The usurer Omar is trying to get love of Fatima, by paying its debts. Happy Abu Hassan returned to his wife and Omar scene "jealousy" and drives the moneylender. Caliph and Zobeida, grieving the death of his favorites, promised to pay 1,000 gold for the news of the couple who died first. Abu Hassan "resurrected" and offers his services to the caliph. Then the "resurrected" Fatima. Caliph and Zobeida forgive them a joke. In the fool is the moneylender Omar.Music is associated with the traditions of it. songs. It combines the old forms and the impact of Mozart's singspiel with new, pre romantic tendencies. Humor, specificity, expressive intonation (especially in bright chorus of creditors' money, money, money!