Music in Concert Final
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- why sing?
- willing suspension of disbelief, you can hear better, audience interprets in a more emotional way
- date of conversion of constantinople
- 1453
- date of the fall of the roman empire
- 476 AD
- dates of renaissance
- 1400 AD-1600 AD
- renaissance--literal meaning, where it started, why it was important to musical theatre
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rebirth
florence, italy
1300
nostalgia for the classic greek civilizations, first theatre built since the fall of rome - discuss invention of opera--who when where
- around 1600 AD, florentines?, originally for royalty
- dates of baroque beginning and end
- 1600 AD- 1750 AD
- baroque description--adjectives
- twisted, more dancing, castrati, aria
- dates for classical period
- 1750 AD- 1800 AD
- 5 "fors" of enlightenment
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common sense
science and scientific method
simpler music
equal rights
humanitarian - 5 "againsts" of enlightenment
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supernatural religion
formality
complexity
authority
privledged classes - 10 characteristics of ballad opera
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normally comic
spoken dialogue
popular-sounding melodies
semi-trained singers
bass voice
stereotypical characters
usually only 2 acts
rapid and lively musical style
songs are shorter
chain finale - 3 things that grew out of opera
- public concert halls supported by ticket sales, modern symphony, ballet (french opera)
- british music hall--describe
- pleasure gardens, get beer and entertainment, variety show, plank benches with long tables for food, audiences joined in on songs, mediocre acts booed off stage
- what killed off british music hall
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introduction of talking motion pictures
radio - dates for romantic period
- 1800 AD- 1900 AD
- describe minstrel shows
- groups of white men with black-face on tell jokes, nostalgic for old south--about happiness on the plantation, song and dance, cake walk
- describe burlesque
- could involved dialogue, instrumental, or songs, but concentrated on dance, originally for everyone, then became for men only
- describe vaudeville
- variety act--each act independent, performers travelled the vaudeville circuit, 10 cents for 3 hrs of entertainment, ethnic song very popular, comedy numbers and weepers also popular, waltz song was a popular dance
- describe revue
- musical show whose scenes are related by theme, not plot, heavy on song and dance
- extravaganza--list a few and what made them special
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the black crook-- elaborate sets and stage effects, 5 1/2 hours long
ben hur-- first use of rotating set - robert le diable
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marie taglioni became a hit in this show
her dance was the ballet of the dead nuns - 4 gilbert and sullivan shows
- trial by jury, HMS pinafore, the pirates of penzance, patience
- 3 american operetta composers
- victor herbert, rudolph friml, sigmund romberg
- 1 english operetta composer
- ivor novello
- 6 kinds of american dance
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charleston
foxtrot
one step
cake walk
clogging
tap dancing - ethyl merman
- famous for her voice and holding a note, cast in "i got rhythm" which is the song that made her famous
- cole porter
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rich, sophisticated, yet a broadway writer of music and lyrics
wrote anything goes
wanted a life in high=society (which he had) and a well-known name
pushed the boundaries - jerome kern and showboat
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controversial
pioneering-- all songs and dances related to the plot
no happy ending
beginning of the end for fairytale romance
anti-hero
end of the identically-dressed chorus - castrati
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around 1600
women couldn't sing in the church (boys take the soprano part but then their voices dropped)
very large ribs/lung room and very small adams apple
extremely popular with poor boys thinking they'd strike it rich - george handel
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got a job at the opera in hamburg then left for italy and wrote for castrati
wrote 40 operas total--all showcasing castrati - beggars opera
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by john gay
all in english, ordinary singers
beggars, prostitutes, theives, etc
simple
biggest hit in 100 yrs in london - fanny brice
- famous jewish performer on vaudeville
- florenz ziegfeld
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ziegfeld follies (revue)
sex sells--glorifying the american girl - greek theatre
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state supported
actors exempt from military service
elaborate stage sets
wind and thunder machines, trap doors, etc - roman theatre
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a lot of drama
mime
sex shows
circuses
gladiator contests
first to have tap dance
musical accompanyment
reserved seating and ushers - theatre of the middle ages
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no more theatres
professional acting frowed upon
performers move to the streets to juggle, mime, etc
liturgical drama/pageants
mystery plays of bible stories, miracle plays about the saints
morality plays about the 7 deadly sins