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“Rossinian Reiz: Strategic Musical Irritation and the Capturing of Attention,” Music Theory Spectrum 47/2 (2025).

Example 1
“Bell’alme generose,” mm. 31–32, from Act 2 of Rossini’s Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra (1815)
Example 3
“No, che il morir non è,” mm. 83–103, from Act 2 of Rossini’s Tancredi

Example 4
“Cenerentola vien qua,” mm. 215–26, from Act 1 of Rossini’s La Cenerentola

Example 5
“Tocchiamo, beviamo,” mm. 1–6, from Act 1 of Rossini’s La gazza ladra

The complete Example 5
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Example 7a
Exaggerated /r/ in “Questo è un nodo avviluppato,” from Act 2 sextet of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, mm. 10–16
Example 7b
Exaggerated /r/ in “Questo è un nodo avviluppato,” from Act 2 sextet of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, m. 19
Example 7c
Exaggerated /r/ in “Questo è un nodo avviluppato,” from Act 2 sextet of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, mm. 29–32
Excerpt from Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Claudio Abbado’s 1981 film adaptation of La Cenerentola which prominently emphasizes the /r/ phoneme.
Example 8
Planed dominant-seventh sonorities in “Tra tante smanie,” mm. 328–35, from Act 2 of Rossini’s Otello
Example 9a
“Mille grazie,” from Act 1 introduction of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, mm. 1–5
Example 9b
“Mille grazie,” from Act 1 introduction of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, mm. 19–22
Example 9c
“Mille grazie,” from Act 1 introduction of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, mm. 43–51
Example 10
“O quante lagrime,” from Act 1 of Rossini’s La donna del lago, mm. 43–51
Example 12
“Giuri ognuno a’ sommi dèi,” Act 1 of Rossini’s Semiramide, mm. 1–27
Example 16
J. Haydn, Symphony No. 88, fourth movement, mm. 1–12

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