Genre Analysis The musical film has always held a special place for me. From my time as a drama student in high school‚ my eyes have been opened to the amazing world of the musical and especially the musical film. The musical film is a film genre in which the characters sing songs that are integrated into the overall story. Since musicals first began in theaters‚ musical films usually contain similar elements. These elements often simulate that there is a live audience watching. In a sense‚ the
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on whether or not Broadway musicals are considered “serious” art forms. People feel that a musical can never be taken seriously if the character is always singing sporadically‚ which is very unusual in real life. However‚ musicals have been around for quite some time now‚ many musicals are being adapted into major motion pictures‚ many children are raised on the famous Disney musical cartoons and everybody( whether they’ll admit it or not) has seen at least one musical in their lifetime and are
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focused on musical theatre‚ in preparation to go see Andrew Lippa’s 2000 musical‚ “Wild Party”. History of Musical Theatre: Musical theatre is a relatively modern type of theatre‚ combining music‚ dance‚ song‚ and dialogue to create the performance. Musical theatre in its current form found its roots in 1866’s “The Black Crook”. Although it is not a “true musical”‚ it opened audiences up to the concept of such performances‚ and paved the way for the modern musical. The modern american musical was heavily
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the company started to realize that they needed to find out what customers really want and value the market. They swiftly assimilated into the pop culture that most people in our society would accept‚ their new game soundtracks appealed to a border musical audience and even musicians. Their success started with the game Karaoki Revolution‚ its marketability and mainstream music made it much more successful than their previous “hi-tech” games. [1] They cooperated with companies that made peripherals
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he term musical form (or musical architecture) refers to the overall structure or plan of a piece of music‚[1] and it describes the layout of a composition as divided into sections.[2] In the tenth edition of The Oxford Companion to Music‚ Percy Scholes defines musical form as "a series of strategies designed to find a successful mean between the opposite extremes of unrelieved repetition and unrelieved alteration."[3] Musicologist Richard Middleton describes form through repetition and difference:
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symphony is a musical piece that has been scored for a full orchestra; it is often an extended composition. What types of music use syncopation? Concerto and Sonata 4. What are three examples of forms of music? 12-bar blues is a chord progression that is common in many popular forms of music. The common meter‚ which consists of four lines of a particular number of‚ beats that end in the rhyming pattern of a-b-a-b. 5. What is form in music? The Form is the arrangement of large musical sections within
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to name their all-time favorite Christmas movie‚ there are many that would come to mind. The list would possibly include “Frosty the Snowman”‚ “The Grinch”‚ “Rudolph”‚ and more than likely “White Christmas”. Although it is actually considered a musical because of the songs and dance that help to bring this all together. It is based on the ever popular song by Irving Berlin that was released in 1941‚ only a few week after the Pearl Harbor attacks. Originally sung in the film “Holiday Inn”‚ it still
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the span of the book. After using the famous musical references and their well-known pieces it allows the reader to distinguish the needed emotion that the author is trying to capture by essentially feeling it with Lucy as she plays these pieces per her ever-changing emotion and personality. The main function of the intertextual reference was to display the complexity of Lucy Honeychurch’s personality and the author could do so by using these musical references to toys with the audience’s feelings
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forms of metal. 4. What are three examples of forms of music? Describe each form. 1.) Concerto: A musical piece in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. 2.) Sonata: A musical composition for a solo instrument. 3.) Symphony: A musical piece that has been scored for a full orchestra‚ aka an extended composition. 5. What is form in music? Form is the combination of the other musical elements‚ including pitch‚ tempo‚ and dynamics. Critical Thinking Questions 1. Music has sometimes
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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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