Creating Musical Theater is a collection of interviews that the author‚ Lyn Cramer- a professor of Musical Theater Dance at The University of Oklahoma‚ conducted with directors and choreographers that make up today’s Broadway elite. For a student who have not had much chance to get to know and understand musical theater‚ this book is a great exposure to both the Broadway stages and the behind-the-scene actions. In this short review‚ I would like to narrow my experience of this book into two directors/
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the A Major with a 5/4 time signature. River Flows features finger positions indicated in numbers. In the musical score‚ the piece uses fermata and grace notes. The positioning of the fermata notes bring about the needed “rest” or “breathing” since the piece generally sounds fast-paced. On the other hand‚ grace notes add interesting resonance in River Flows in You. Aside from these‚ the musical score also indicated the finger positioning of the instrumentalist. Its rhythm and base of the song is
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The Glory of the Lord by Handel has four motifs which are: ‘And the Glory the Glory of the Lord’ – This motif outlines the chord of A major‚ the tonic chord‚ and moves up the last three notes of the scale. This helps to establish the key. The word-setting is syllabic‚ one word to a syllable. ‘Shall be revealed’ – In this motif the second bar is a repeat of the first bar but a tone lower. The word ‘revealed’ is melismatic (several notes to one syllable). ‘For the mouth of the lord hath spoken it’
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Musical Theatre Virtuoso For many‚ musical theatre is an experience that not only posses the power of entertainment‚ but the power of transformation. Masters of music such as Stephen Sondheim‚ Leonard Berstein‚ and George Gershwin used music as a theatrical element by which intense emotions and ever changing moods could be expressed. Their beautiful scores are regarded as the most impressive and moving in musical theatre history. Joining them at the top is Andrew Lloyd
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Author: Disney Description: High School Musical is a story about two high school juniors from rival cliques – Troy Bolton‚ captain of the basketball team‚ and Gabriella Montez‚ a beautiful and shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together‚ they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical‚ and as a result‚ divide the school. Despite other students’ attempts to thwart their dreams‚ Troy and Gabriella resist peer pressure and rivalry‚ inspiring others along the way not
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High School Musical Critic Essay The movies are very good movies‚ though the movie‚ aiming towards children of age four to twelve‚ encouraging them into having love affair to early at their stage in life. I believe the movie should focus on the age bracket of fifteen (15) through age twenty-two (22). The establishing shot in this film is key as it gives the audience an indication of the setting. The various shots give the audience an insight to the characters’ surroundings which makes the film seem
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The “High School Musical” Genre Individuals view high school as an institute where students face overwhelming social standards and unrealistic expectations on a daily basis. Social chains rank the stereotypical cliques such as jocks‚ nerds and drama kids. School no longer is a place where you can freely express who you are‚ but a place of conformity and East High is no different. These factors have become so prevalent in today’s society that a whole new film genre has been dedicated to school
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A musical have more dancing than opera. Opera rarely needs to dance. 2. A musical is almost always performed in the language of its audience‚ while opera is no words to be speak in the performance of an opera. 3. An opera is drama set to music. In an opera‚ the moods‚ emotions and feelings are heightened. It combined vocal music which includes solos‚ ensembles and chorus and instrumental music which is played by the orchestra with costumes‚ stage action and scenic effects. However musical is a
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anything else in this world‚ American Musical Theatre did not just come out of nowhere; it was started by many different ideas and talents coming together. According to American musical theatre history‚ the first musical performance took place in Charleston‚ South Carolina on February 8‚ 1735. It was the production of Flora‚ a ballad opera from England. According to the same history timeline and google‚ The Black Crook was however the first American musical production- performed on September 12‚
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Learning to play a musical instrument is important – We all remember when we were young‚ going around and hitting things and calling it music - even if it wasn’t. We all remember going out with friends‚ and dancing and singing to our favourite song. We all remember the many different musical instruments that music teacher’s threw at us. We all remember thinking ‘this is pointless‚ how can music ever help us?’ Where some people believe that music isn’t important‚ I believe that music does help
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