Andrew Lloyd Webber Composer Music 1010 Presentation

Biography: Andrew early years Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948 in London, England He was born to William Lloyd Webber and Jean Johnstone He had one younger brother Andrew learned to play violin French horn, and piano by the time he was 3. He was writing his own music by the time he was 6 years of age.

Biography: Andrew’s later life Studied Musical Theater at the Royal College of Music started creating musicals with Tim Rice He has been married 3 times and had 5 children 3rd & current wife Madeleine Gurdon He was named one of the 100 richest persons in Great Britain He was knighted in 1992 as Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber

Masterpieces of WEbber Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat A biblical retelling of Joseph of Egypt and his rise to power. 1968 An immediate success Started as a 20 minute “pop cantata” as it grew in popularity it became a 2 hour show. Popular Songs “Any Dream Will Do” “Close Every Door” “Song of the King”

“Any Dream Will Do” 0:00 electric piano, xylophone/Marimba, snapping, and light strings 0:16 singer starts 0:46 Children’s choir echoes main singer 1:14 crescendo into chorus 1:15 drums (snare, bass, and drum set) 1:16 woodwinds play 1:33 no drums but piano electric piano and snapping 2:04 enters woodwinds humming melody 2:34 oohing crescendo into chorus with drums 2:52 back to first instruments with flute added 3:48 fades out

Any Dream Will Do

Song of the King

Masterpieces of WEbber Evita Based on the life of the Argentinian political leader First performed in June 1978 Was first a Broadway play then later made into a movie in 1997 starring Madonna Popular Songs “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” “You Must Love Me”

Don’t Cry for me argentina 0:00 Strings and Brass start playing 0:22 Harp playing 3-4 notes every couple of measures 0:45 French horn comes in 0:52 Harp with strings playing under main melody 0:53 Start singing 1:42 French horns playing in the song 2:29 Orchestra 3:02 percussion and cymbals playing 3:24 Flutes 3:57 Chorus humming/ Orchestra playing 4:21 Enter singer again 4:48 Solo with strings 4:55 woodwinds enter 5:10 Orchestra powerful ending

“Don’t cry for me argentina”

Masterpieces of WEbber Phantom of the Opera Love story between the Phantom, Christine who loves Raoul. Debuted 1986 Longest running Broadway Show Popular Songs “The Phantom of the Opera” “Music of the Night” “Think of Me” “All I Ask of You”

“All I ask of you” 0:00 String and Harp start playing 0:04 male singer (Raoul) 0:30 slight crescendo 0:38 woman singing (Christine) 1:15 male comes back in and bassoon 1:29 harp trill 1:30 Female singing 1:32 woodwinds go up and down scale 1:41 violins crescendo 1:45 male with strings 2:00 brass in with strings 2:24 brass and timpani crescendo 2:26 Female sing 3:00 Harp trill 3:05 timpani build up 3:07 cymbals crash and orchestra play interlude 3:33 cymbals crash with singers singing loud and strong 3:43 singers bring it back to sing softly 3:55 final note held until the end

“All I Ask Of You”

Masterpieces of WEbber CATS About a tribe of Jellicle’s Cats and in the night decide which cat get to ascend and come back to a new life. First performed in 1981 Popular Songs “Memory” is the most popular song from Cats which is often mispronounced Memories

“Memory” 0:00 piano start playing/flute 0:03 singer enters 0:20 piano accompanying the singer 0:26 strings enter 0:42 clarinet and woodwinds playing 0:56 violins start playing 1:06 flutes come in 1:13 orchestra builds and resolves 1:32 singers change voices 1:49 singers go back to melody 2:15 orchestra builds to an instrumental interlude 2:33 second voice enters sings solo 2:46 duet between first and second voices 2:53 first voice solo again 3:03 final build to end of song 3:53 end of song

“MEMORY

Awards achieved by Andrew Lloyd WEbber 7 Tony’s 3 Grammy’s 7 Olivier’s 1 Golden Globe 1 Oscar 2 International Emmy’s Knighted in 1992

Bibliography Biography.com Editors, “Andrew Lloyd Webber Biography”, www.biography.com. Accessed April 3, 2017. Web Bing.com/images IMDb.com Youtube.com