The Melodology Podcast

Author: Arthur Breur

"Celebrating the Unsung Excellence of Melody Makers!" Each episode, host composer Arthur Breur and a guest explore and examine beloved melodies from a variety of sources: popular songs, musicals, operas, classical music, hymns and liturgy, film and television scores and more.
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Episode 20 with Caeden Brusett: Bass Solo from Otello Act IV by Giuseppe Verdi
Episode 20
Tuesday, 31 October, 2023

Composer and bassist Caeden Brusett joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss the bass solo from Act IV of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello. This is the first OPERA entry in the podcast, but it is opera "underscoring" rather than a famous aria or overture theme. Melody: The bass solo from Act IV of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxxG3ggSQcQ Composer: Giuseppe Verdi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi Duration: 1:30:07 Intro and guest questions – 0:00 Pre-discussion about the bass solo from Otello Act IV – 11:09 Review of the melody – 18:27 Caeden Brusett shares – 1:03:29 Guest Composer: Caeden Brusett Website: ArcaneCompositions.com Instagram: Instagram.com/caedenbrusett/ Mentioned in this Episode: How to Train Your Dragon Symphonie Fantastique Recorded: October 6, 2023 using Riverside.FM https://Riverside.FM Musical score for reference created using FREE Musescore software: https://www.musescore.org Melodology Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/melodypodcast