I chose the musical Harmony for my life performance report. The performance was in the Alliance Theater at the Woodruff, downtown Atlanta Georgia. I attended the show on Tuesday, September twenty fourth at 7:30 pm. The production was presented by Center Theater Group and Alliance Theater. The musical was a calibration between musician Barry Manilow and writer/songwriter Bruce Sussman. They planned on doing Broadway musical together some 40 years ago, but were side tracked by their own personal careers. In the late 1990’s, they started working together on a musical and researching the required historical data surrounding the forgotten German vocal band. Manilow and Sussman worked on the project off and on for nearly 15 years (the program booklet).
The plot of the musical is based around the first boy band that got famous in Germany in the late 1920’s. They were called the Comedian Harmonists. The musical is based on the true story about six men as musicians, from their rise to international fame and to their separation due to political change and World War II in Germany. The musical highlighted what was happening in Germany due to Nazi rise in power and control. The band were essentially restricted and boycotted due to their Jewish nationality and political believes.
The most impressive character was Erich Collin, played by actor Chris Dwan. Unlike the other members of the band, Collin had the most personal conflict and struggle. Coming from an upper class family, he had to decide on continuing his education in becoming a doctor or becoming a full time member of the band. In the end, he stayed true to his dreams and told his family of his secret life as a member of the Comedian Harmonists. To me, he represented a tru...
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...cramped at all to me. Although, the seating was a little small for me. I felt cramped into the seat, and it was uncomfortable siting there for two hours. It was a packed night.
My overall experience attending the musical at the Alliance Theater was great. I enjoyed the musical for what it is, but I did not enjoy the seating arrangement at all. I can see its importance as a medium of visual and sound entertainment. The theater is a form of entertainment that you really have to understand in order to appreciate and enjoy. Going through the topics of this paper, I got a chance to experience something new and interesting. To me, this form of entertainment is out dated. I’ll take a good paramount pictures movie any day. I’m sure in a few hundred years from now, people will say how primitive the movie genre was and their 3D interactive hologram is much better.
advancement from the Gregorian chant all the way to the Jazz of the 20th century. The current events, politics, religion, technology and composers can shape musical eras during time. Here I will be looking at the Classical through Post-Modern for a better understanding that can be reached to why, when, where and who are the reasons for musical evolution. The Classical period is between the baroque and romantic periods. This implies music from the Classical
4.1 Musical Expressions Conveyed Through the Innovations In Prokofiev’s autobiography, he once wrote that during the year of 1916 he was trying to search for his own way to convey expression; he intended to show strong and mocking expression in his music. In Sarcasms Prokofiev shows his strong personal style and avant-garde music expressions, it was full of simplicity without redundant transition. The entire piece is like an abstract picture filled with colors and objects that do not exist in
innovator of the earliest French theater. He became famous for his use of polyphony and his theatrical productions. Adam originally trained for the clergy (the people of the church). Marriage interfered with his musical career; but with the help of some noble benefactors he was able to pursue musical studies at the University of Paris. The remainder of his life was spent in service of noble patrons. His Music Adam de la Halle was of French origins. All of his lyrics were written in French. Much of his
written since 1900 is called twentieth century music. There have been more types and styles of music written in the twentieth century then ever before. In the twentieth century, the only limit is the composer's imagination. This great variety of musical styles reflected the diversity of life during the early twentieth century. More people were free to choose where to live, how to earn a living, and how to spend their time. The car, airplane, telephone, phonograph, movies, and radio all made the world
Musical components such as melody, harmony, and musical texture also hold importance in musical composition. Harmony consists of consonance and dissonance, triads, and broken chords. The musical texture consists of monophonic, polyphonic, homophonic, and changes in texture. These components allow the audience to capture a better understanding of the composition. Melody can be described as a series of tones that make up a whole, and the melody of Trio Op. 1 No 1 can be specifically described as E
chant and how it developed into polyphony and the appearance of the Notre Dame school of composers in northern France in the twelve century. The development of harmony is mentioned as well. When the cathedrals were being constructed, the musicians at the time would create sounds according to the structure of the building. The resulting musical sounds illuminated the church, and the lives of the people who composed and performed it. Nobody had heard before such music. It was modern back at that time
universe.” In a similar vein of thought, Kepler’s relation of, “harmony between the things at rest, in the order sun, sphere of fixed stare and intervening space, with that between the three Persons of the Trinity.” (Aiton 1977: p. 184) He related the sun to God the Father, the rotating planets as God the Son, and the space in between the sun and the planets as God the Holy Spirit. Through his
Classical and Bebop Jazz, while from two distinct musical structures share many similar musical features, such as; harmony, major and minor tonality, use of articulation, use of dynamics, polytonality, and rhythm. BeBop Jazz is a sub-category of Jazz originating in the United States from the 1940's. Bebop Jazz developed as a means to defy the principles of big band music. This genre of music was revered by many because of its freedom to improvise, which at the time was less characteristic of big
Melody: Musical Line. Melody is the element of music that appeals most directly to the listener. It is a succession of single pitches that we perceive as a recognizable whole. Melody can go up and down. Between these ups and downs we find the range. This distance between lowest and highest notes is called range. Range can be measured in numbers of notes (narrow, medium, or wide). At the same time we can find the contour, which is the overall shape of a melody as it turns upward, downward, or remains
2. Listen again to The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky. Describe elements of this piece that helped shape a new musical language for the twentieth- century. Elements of this piece that helped shape a new musical language for thee twentieth – century would consist of Stravinsky experimenting with rhythm and new combinations of instruments. The way he uses dissonance in his pieces as well polyphonic and polytonal textures. His ballets were strongly nationalistic but contained rites of Russia
could go on with his musical studies. After the turn of the century Debussy has established himself as a leading figure and famous in French music. During World War 1, while Paris and Germany were at war, he was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 55and died on March 25th 1918; Paris, France. History of impressionism The word impressionism was used to describe a kind of painting made by a group of French artists in the 19th
free rhythm, and the emotion with which they interpret their folk music that was later transformed into jazz. In the new world they absorbed the harmony and the concept of the Western form and condensed the African and European musical ideas, giving a musical style that can be called African American. Jazz became a type of urban expression that began to take hold in the cafes of New Orleans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The sounds
Century, many new forms and styles of music have been created which have breached the boundaries and rules of music from previous periods. In addition to rapid improvements, 20th Century transportation has permitted artists and fans to travel widely to perform or listen. Professional amplification has allowed music to be broadcasted to a larger audience and given access
Composition is referred to as musical ideas that has a form of structure. What makes a composition so good is all the various elements that goes along with it. Davis was more than just an extraordinary performer; he was also a dynamic composer, as being one who created compositions. Compositions typically include melody, harmonic structure, rhythm, and texture. Davis used all of these elements within his later compositions that had a lasting impact on generations to come. During the Bebop era,
Stravinsky's utilization of musical parts and convincing rhythms to give a structure to drive the sensational activity and therefore free the solidified consonant riggings. Arrangers of the late nineteenth and mid twentieth century found a situation as the customary part of discord as a vehicle for consonant movement was deserted. The issue with disharmony that does not prompt an unavoidable determination is an aggregate discontinuance of consonant and in this way musical motion.Walsh refers to Debussy's