Music Listening & Analysis Assignment on The Flower Duet by Leo Delibes and The Selection of Your Choosing by The Composer of That Selection
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Unit6.pptxMusic Appreciation 105
An Introduction to Music – Travel – Culture
Emily Smith
Unit 6 Broadway Shows
Broadway Show Characteristics
Music: The term “Broadway” represents the Theater District in New York City.
Forms: Different elements of the many different forms have contributed to the development of the modern Broadway Show
Early Broadway: Early 1900s to mid 1930s
Took a big hit during the Great Depression
Modern Broadway: 1940s to present.
Broadway Show Characteristics
Forms
1. Comic Opera – Comedy emphasized over romance
Ex.: Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini 1792-1868
This is the first of three plays about a character called Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart 1756-1791 is the second
Barber of Seville: Overture
Barber of Seville: Figaro Cavatina (Largo al Factotum)
Baritone Aria sung at the first entrance of the title character: Figaro
2. Ballad Opera – Popular songs of the day were featured
The Beggars Opera by John Gay 1685-1732 – Only existing Ballad Opera
The Beggars Opera: The Lion and the Oak
3. Operetta – Included spoken dialogue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpAjbaNBPqA
Die Fledermaus – Excerpt from The Overture by Johann Strauss 1825-1899
4. Minstrelsy – In America in the 1800s slaves put on shows for entertainments and as a means of preserving their culture
Stormy Weather – Based upon the life and times of its star, dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson 1877-1949.
Stormy Weather: African Dance
5. Vaudeville – Variety show that featured novelty acts
6. Extravaganzas and Spectacles – Huge variety shows with large casts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGk3tY4yP7k
Summer Stock: Get Happy with Judy Garland 1922-1969
7. Burlesque – A type of variety show that is both provocative and comedic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm6Vi7WdK-k
Gypsy: Everything’s Coming Up Roses with Bette Midler 1945-
8. Revue – Spectacular show which featured star performers
Functions as a “greatest hits” showcase for a songwriter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zZPWaVAVCE
As Thousands Cheer: Heat Wave by Irving Berlin 1888-1989 with Patti LaBelle 1944-
Early Broadway Composers
Stephen Foster 1826-1864
Known as the “Father of American Music”
Most successful songwriter for Minstrel shows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-drAf-BQaRc
Beautiful Dreamer
Jerome Kern 1885-1945
A major US composer of musical comedy
Wrote more than 700 songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9WayN7R-s
Showboat: Ol’ Man River
Richard Rodgers 1902-1979
One of 15 people who have won an EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award
Often collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers with Oscar Hammerstein
Oklahoma!: Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5APc0z49wg
“Oklahoma!” revived Broadway after the Great Depression
The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOVJP5lvjAU
Based on the true story of a nun, Maria, and the von Trapp family who escape from Austria during WWII
Leonard Bernstein 1918-1990
American conductor, composer, author, lecturer, and pianist
Among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim
West Side Story: America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6wMQM5FVck
Modern Broadway Composers
English composer of musical theater
One of 15 people who have won an EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award
Andrew Lloyd Weber 1948-
Cats: Memory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fKKiaSLLEY
Phantom of the Opera
Claude-Michel Schönberg,
Alain Boublil,
and Jean-Marc Natel
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Alain Boublil
Jean-Marc Natel
French composers and librettists famously known for their collaboration on the musical Les Miserables
Les Misérables: On My Own
Based on the French historical novel by Victor Hugo first published in 1862
Savion Glover 1973-
Choreographed Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk
Created his own dancing style called “free style hard core”
