In the last century‚ two musicals have stood out from there comic counterparts. Les Misérables and West Side Story tell more serious stories and have captivated audiences with revivals and film versions. Both are based on classic literature‚ and share universal and relatable social problems. West Side Story created by Lenard Bernstein‚ Steven Sondheim‚ Arthur Laurents‚ and Jerome Robbins tell the story of Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York. Les Misérables by Composer Claude-Michael Schonberg and
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I thought that the musical II attended‚ The Beauty and the Beast‚ performed by Castle View High School‚ was extremely well-performed with moving music. The acting was superb‚ the singing was exceptional‚ and the pit music was astounding. I attended Beauty and the Beast‚ a musical performed by Castle View Theater Company‚ on November 21 at 1:00pm. The musical took place at Castle View High School in Castle Rock‚ Colorado. The plot interacted very well with the songs. The songs entwined with the plot
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| The Squeaky Horn | Assignment A | Company Overview The Squeaky Horn is a musical instrument repair store which specialized in all major and minor repairs for band and orchestra instruments. Over the past ten year‚ The Squeaky Horn has established a great customer relationship with the music professionals from all over the country‚ and has been operated in a relatively less competitive environment as there were no many similar stores in the town. However‚ as the new store Best Instrument
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of Horror‚ the movie that made me fall in love with musicals. Before watching this movie I thought of musicals as plays on film‚ with long drawn out singing segments you struggled not to nap during. In my eyes musicals weren’t even on the same level as regular movies with all of its high tech effects‚ fast paced plots and trendy soundtracks. The movie Little Shop of Horrors changed my narrow minded way of thinking into dare I say‚ a movie musical believer. Interestingly enough the movie “started
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"Grease" is the word when it comes to my favorite musical past-time. But the question is‚ what was it about the rock and roll era in the 50s that influenced the writers of this stage musical turned movie? Also‚ how did this type of film affect the popular culture of the past and of today? That is the basis of this paper . Grease began as a five-hour long amateur show presented in a Chicago trolley barn in the summer of 1971 and eventually made Broadway. The film version of "Grease" began almost
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Do you believe it is still possible that new musical instruments could be invented and widely distributed? Empirically‚ though the diversity of musical instruments has reached a quite high level‚ human has never stopped their exploration into music. So‚ I think it’s highly possible that several new musical instruments can be invented and widely distributed. The musical history has already proved this. Before 19th century‚ the majority of musical instruments are acoustic‚ and most people at that
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the emotional experience How musical sound and sound machines work. Listening to music—a physical reaction to disturbance in our environment A sound machine creates a vibration and creates sound waves and processed by inner ear and converted into electrical signals and transported by neurons and primary auditory cortex in the center of the brain and increased dopamine = Mood enhancement Low pitched sounds vibrate slowly High pitched sounds vibrate rapidly Musical sounds tend to be regular in
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the idea to write a musical based on Romeo and Juliette.The story was originally planned to be call East Side Story and was going to be about a Jewish boy and a Italian Catholic girl. Due to other priorities they only started planning again after six years had gone by and changed the name of the musical and the theme. Finally West Side Story(WSS) opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on the 26th September 1957 and it was performed over 700 times before going on tour. The musical is historically known
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Singin’ In the Rain Music Analysis Singin’ In The Rain (Kelly/Donan‚ 1952) is known to be one of best musicals ever made and one of the funniest movies of its time. This statistic can be attributed to the musical numbers that it incorporates. Singin’ in the Rain uses popular music of its time that people may already be familiar with. It works to seamlessly integrate them into a musical about the transition of film from silent to talkies. Additionally‚ the film is able to utilize them in such
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express what music needs to. Moreover‚ he provides fundamental concepts which Casals sometimes called “law of music” or “laws of nature” – concepts which he considered to be essential elements of meaningful interpretation and applicable to all forms of musical expressions. (Blum‚ 10) Then the purpose of this book is not biographic but how he applied these concepts in music. Hence‚ Blum took notes from rehearsals and master classes‚ in private discussions with him and at chamber music rehearsals at his home
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