The Musical Delusion: Compulsion of Sheet Music Considering the rapid and significant technological advancements made in the present generation‚ an argument can be made about the question of importance of extensive musical education and its requirement to establish oneself as a successful musician. There are plenty of professional musicians and band members out there who have successfully advanced in their career without pursuing in musical education extensively. A periodical by Alexander
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Essay Question: Critically discuss and describe the emergence of musical film and its influence on society. "The musical is one of the most popular film genres among both audiences and film scholars‚ probably for many of the same reasons - the spectacle‚ the music and the enjoyable predictability of the outcome weighed against the pleasure of the varied details." Bill Marshall and Robynn Stilwell A proverb once claimed that "in life‚ you are either being entertained or educated. If you aren
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The History of Musical Theatre The recently released Les Misérables earned £8.1 million in its opening weekend‚ making it the largest opening weekend for a musical film in history‚ proving that the genre is still alive. But how exactly did this powerful art form originate? And from then on‚ how did it evolve to become the spectacularly vivacious being that it is today? The oldest known forms of music theatre were the ancient Greek plays with music and lyrics‚ as well as music and dance being
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Courtney Cox 5-4-10 THEA 1334 Final Paper Costume Design THE ROLE OF COSTUME DESIGN IN MUSICAL THEATER Imagine a classic Shakespearian play or Italian opera performed in hip-hugging jeans or baggy t-shirts; or imagine the period musical 1776‚ produced by the wonderful Stuart Ostrow‚ performed in the groovy attire of the 1970s. These performances would seem completely out of place and confusing. One would not be able to grasp the completeness of the story or have any understanding of the time
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I will never be able to watch High School Musical again. Not that I was an avid devotee of High School Musical before‚ in fact‚ I had only seen High School Musical once before I was cast in Danville Area High School’s version of “High School Musical On Stage!.” Being five years old when High School Musical aired on Disney Channel‚ I was a natural-born Gabriella Montez on the playgrounds of my elementary school. Of course‚ I was Gabriella because I best fit the physical description in our small class
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Stephen Sondheim‚ hailed by many as a genius‚ has had a long and illustrious career in Broadway musical theatre spanning five decades. During those fifty-some years‚ Sondheim has essentially reinvented the Broadway musical. The Sondheim canon shows three distinct ways Sondheim has contributed to musical theatre. First of all‚ the difficulty of Stephen Sondheim’s music has raised the standard of musical theatre. Actors simply cannot stand onstage and sing as they used to in the days of Gershwin and
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but to grow as a performer. In Acting in Musicals‚ Mr. Jory attempts to answer an often debated question “Is the art of acting different in musicals and plays?” This is a very important subject for acting teachers; should we as professionals leave out a large lucrative portion of the professional acting roles simply because we prefer straight plays over musicals or worse don’t have
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Are there too many musicals in the West End? (I am writing in support of Michael Billington’s article‚ ‘ This West End Theatre boom is not all good news’ However throughout my article I will analyze the benefits and draw back for the current state of the west end and where it could go in the future.) Throughout this year 2012 the West End has comprised of 42 commercial theatres 32 of these have put on musical productions as opposed to traditional plays (1). Compared to a year ago when the
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focus is emotion‚ there is a system of interpretation by which music can be logically realized‚ quantified and rationalized: such a method is called music theory. Music theory‚ although still technically an art‚ could be defined as ‘the science of musical tonality‚ rhythm and structure.’ Out of these three pillars‚ however‚ by-far the most influential and important is tonality. Tonality‚ according to Mark DeVoto‚ is‚ “…the organized relationship of tones with reference to a definite center‚ the tonic
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BOOK REVIEW About the Author Peter Barsocchini he was born on 1952 in San Francisco. He is an American screenwriter‚ author‚ and television producer best known for his scripts for the High School Musical series. In his early career‚ Barsocchini began his professional writing career while attending high school in the San Francisco Bay Area‚ writing more than 300 columns about popular music for the San Mateo Times. He also worked as a freelance reporter for the Associated Press and the San Francisco
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