1. Andrew Lloyd Webber Composer
Music 1010 Presentation

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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”

5. “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

6. Any Dream Will Do

7. Song of the King

8. 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”

9. 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

10. “Don’t cry for me argentina”

11. 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”

12. “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

13. “All I Ask Of You”

14. 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

15. “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

16. “MEMORY

17. 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

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