Die Fledermaus and Tamerlano are both part of what genre of classical music?
Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus (] , "The Bat", sometimes called "The Revenge of the Bat") is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by and Richard Genée.
Lira da braccio The lira da braccio (or "lyra de bracio") was a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance. It was used by Italian poet-musicians in court in the 15th and 16th centuries to accompany their improvised recitations of lyric and narrative poetry. It is most closely related to the medieval fiddle, or vielle, and like the vielle had a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal pegs. Fiddles with drone strings are seen beginning in the 9th century (Byzantine lyra), and the instrument continued to develop through the 16th century. In many depictions of the instrument, it is being played by mythological characters, frequently members of angel consorts, and most often by Orpheus and Apollo. The "lira da braccio" was occasionally used in ensembles, particularly in the "intermedi", and may have acted as a proto-continuo instrument.