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General Music Musicals

History Musicals started on Broadway St in New York, City around the turn of the 20th century (early 1900s) Short plays with song and dance were performed on street corners

History continued Revues soon started Florence Ziegfeld with “Ziegfeld Follies” Singers, dancers, chorus line Pioneered new talents of songwriters Also allowed African-American talent to be showcased Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Louis Armstrong, and Ethel Waters

Structure/Form Opening Number Solos/Duets/Ensemble numbers All cast is on stage Usually introduces characters and sets up the storyline Solos/Duets/Ensemble numbers Builds tension Explains thoughts, emotions, and responses of the characters Chorus Number Happens at climax of the story Happens right before Intermission (15 to 20 minute break)

Structure/Form continued Solos/Duets/Ensemble Resolves tension Explains thoughts, emotions, and responses of the characters Closing/Ending Chorus Number Ends with everyone on stage Story ends, gives feeling of resolution

Famous Musicals and Composers Cole Porter Kiss Me Kate Anything Goes George and Ira Gershwin Porgy and Bess Funny Face Oh, Kay!

Richard Rogers (composer) and Oscar Hammerstein (lyricist) State Fair South Pacific Show Boat Oklahoma The Sound of Music Carousel The King and I

Leonard Bernstein West Side Story Candide Peter Pan

Andrew Lloyd Weber Cats Phantom of the Opera Evita Jesus Christ Superstar Was considered a “rock opera” Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat

Stephen Sondheim A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Into the Woods Sweeney Todd Assassins West Side Story (lyrics)

Tim Rice Beauty and the Beast The Lion King Aida Worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber on Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat Has written many songs for Disney

Musical Examples America from West Side Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6wo2wpT2k&list=PLytSJ_NgS2Qv6-oKgz1HIw-lPR2cA3bqJ&index=10 Phantom of the Opera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej1zMxbhOO0&list=PLytSJ_NgS2Qv6-oKgz1HIw-lPR2cA3bqJ&index=23 Prologue from Into the Woods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y4j-KDGCUc My Favorite Things from Sound of Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33o32C0ogVM&index=31&list=PLytSJ_NgS2Qv6-oKgz1HIw-lPR2cA3bqJ Circle of Life from The Lion King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W_Zblr09Y0