"Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof while in the shower. Ever since my first musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, seven years ago, I have been obsessed with the telling of stories through melody and verse. My heart leaps when I see that Phantom of the Opera is coming to the local theater, or when Guys and Dolls is appearing on television at one in the morning. Music is the most beautiful and powerful way to relate emotion. Thus, the entire structure of a story is enhanced by presenting action and dialogue
flood of composers during the Renaissance. The Renaissance The Renaissance began in the year 1420 and ended in the year 1600. The Renaissance meaning rebirth was a time of... ... middle of paper ... ...bert Palmer in Rock & Roll an unruly history “Of necessity, then, rock and roll’s original audience was in many respects a secret audience teenagers gathering after school, cruising in their cars, or lying awake under their bedclothes deep in the night, their ears pressed to tiny little transistor
performers in Little Italy, Manhattan seems to be Italian-American. When Italian immigrants came to America, many were not welcomed in the communities of the Germans and Irish. The neighborhoods that the Itali... ... middle of paper ... ...from opera, Italian folk music, Italian-American, Italian techno, to instrumental classical. As with all music influenced by immigration, Italian music will continue to expand, evolve, and remain a prominent part of American culture. References Harr
Era, madrigals began to disappear as opera came into play. Inspired by the Greek's staged works with musical context, the Italians created opera. Venice, Rome, and Naples were the three key cities in the start of opera. Musical Baroque also began showing up in the 17th century as well. Musical Baroque, instrumental and orchestral music grew in popularity. Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonio Vivaldi were very important composers during the Baroque Era. Opera houses were constructed in Naples and
Phantom of the Opera,” you think a brilliant musical, on Broadway but the story begins way before then. The well-loved story went through many different stages before it became a musical. Shall we look at the various ways this timeless tale has been told over the years? It first was a novel by Gaston Leroux. In 1909, the complete “Le Fantôme de l’Opéra” was published as a book. Though the book did not sell very well. Leroux said he was inspired to write the novel after a trip to the Opera house in Paris
The Phantom of the Opera rapidly became “the highest grossing staged musical in the entire world, with over 80 million audience members producing a profit of 3.3 billion dollars.” (Shelokhonov, 2017). It has run longer than any other Broadway musical, with multiple revivals and recorded performances, as well as the 2004 movie and even a musical sequel, Love Never Dies, composed by, of course, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. “For some, Phantom forged a path for a new kind of populist opera that could survive
says Irish singer-songwriter Bono of the rock band U2 and if anybody’s music ever changed people it was the music of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was one of the best composers in his time and he changed music forever. He composed at least 48 compositions in his lifetime. When people think about Mozart they usually think about his famous symphonies and piano concertos but Mozart's genius was so versatile that he also composed a wide variety of operas that are still, 200 years after his death
films brought in much needed money into the industry, with films including: Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Hairspray, Mamma Mia, Fame- and many more. Together with this, musicals began to push the concept of the songs in them, with a wave of new styles being written. Rap musicals such as ‘Hamilton’ and ‘In The Heights’, Pop musicals including ‘Waitress’ and ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and Rock musicals of ‘American Idiot’ and ‘Spring Awakening’. Together they pushed boundaries of a ‘traditional’
Dominick Argento’s The Masque of Angels is a short opera which is not often performed, yet displays great use of Argento’s composition style. The Masque of Angels encompasses serialism aspects of twentieth century opera, as well as twentieth-century adaptation of the English masque through the composer’s use of atonality, symbolism and twelve-tone writing. Dominick Argento was born in York, Pa., in 1927. He attended Peabody Conservatory where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and attended
1856, a pro slavery group attacked the town of Lawrence, destroying and stealing property. By the end of 1856, nearly 200 Kansans had been killed and property worth $2 million had been damaged or destroyed. This could have influenced why the Paris Opera Ballet chose to create this ballet, as some of the main characters are slave girls, (Medora and Gulnare) and the ballet starts with Lankendem selling these girls in the market place. Because the subject and plot of the ballet was relevant to what was
In the 19th century, the Realism Movement started which was when people started to see life in a realistic way and did not look past all the negative aspects. The realism movement had an effect on music and literature. Famous plays like The Cherry Orchard, Ghosts, and Hedda Gabler, were heavily influenced by Realism. Musicians like Dmitry Bortniansky, Alexander Scriabin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Vasily Alexeievich Pashkevich, and Lera Auerbach from the 21st, 20th ,19th, 18th century were influenced by
Musical theatre is a living art form and are usually performed in theatres to entertain the viewers. It is usually combined with music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. • Music • Musical theatre have various roles in theatres. Some artist used catchy songs depending on what genre they’re performing but usually do popular style. In various times solo songs, duets, choruses and ensembles are presented as well at which most of the time accompanied by orchestra or band. Two formats
music. Often people who do not have any musical background might think that classical music is boring and only for more mature audiences. In fact, the sales of traditional Western classical music albums are decreasing and many symphony orchestras and operas are struggling to find endowments and audiences. It is considered that classical music today occupies a position similar to that of religion, as a form of art rather than entertainment or just a background noise (Johnson, 2002). Unlike popular music
I like novelty in the music I listen to. Every holiday season, the same songs are played over and over, covered repeatedly but sounding nearly the same. I can appreciate some covers that break the mold, such as Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s holiday rock opera. Yet, the vast majority of holiday music just seems too commercialized and the substance of the original song just seems lost. There are good ways to cover music, such as an artist performing one of their favorite songs, or a song that really inspires
1. Write two pages on the life and type of music of Philip Glass. Why do you think his music became popular? Philip Glass, A popular musician and music composer, he is also an innovative instrumentalist. Philip Glass was born January 31st, 1937 in Baltimore, US (Strickland, pp.4). During the 20th century, he is one of the most famous musicians. When he was a teenager, Philip Glass learned the flute. Philip Glass is a genius of music. When he was 15 years old, he went to the University of Chicago
Introduction “Nationalism” is defined as “A social and political outlook insisting that the state should embody a national community united by some or all of the following: history, ethnicity, religion, common culture, and language” . Essentially, nationalism is an intense pride for ones’ country caused by a push for national unity. Nationalism was stirred due to the sense of loss in national origin. During the 1800’s, a ruling power, often imperialist, imposed their culture, language, and history
In the spring of 2015 audiences were treated to the marvelous spectacular that is ‘Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber that traverses the ages. Director Terri Andrews was able to successfully bring the story of Jesus Christ and his disciples into our modern-day, presenting a show relatable to audiences of all ages. As the audience took their seats we were greeted by a beautiful open stage. The world was immediately presented as an open concept that could unfold into anything
a cultural icon”, the most important part is that why and how Mozart could be remembered by people. As we known, the tendency of music today is more like Pop music, not classical music. For example, most of young people now have the songs from the rock star in their MP3 players, such as Avril’s music.
For my written analysis of art, I chose the musical RENT. RENT is a rock musical relatively based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème. It tells the story of a group of friends in the early 1990s who are struggling artists that are struggling to survive in a society that is surrounded by the harsh reality of the AIDS/HIV epidemic and the struggle with the societal belief on sexuality, gender, and power dynamics. In this musical, the main characters Mimi, Rodger, Mark, Maureen, Angel Dumott Schunard
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Austrian wunderkind, was an accomplished and magnificently gifted musician. He is attributed with the composition of 22 operas in his 35-year life, but his most successful theatre work was his last. Die Zauberflöte, completed in 1791, was written specifically for the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. The theatre housed a troupe of actors led by Emmanuel Schikaneder, a versatile actor and writer who crafted the libretto of Zauberflöte and portrayed Papageno at its premiere