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WHat is a musical?
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IT a play where amjority of words are sung. Music usually in popular music style, desgined to be sung by actors.
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When were early musicals created?
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In 1920s,influenced by ryhtms and harmonies of jazz and 20th century classical music.
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When was West Side Story composed?
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1957
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Instrumentation?
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Sung by solo tenor accompanied by band of woodwind, brass, percussion and strings.
Accompaniment uses quiet dynamics, soft timbres and homophonic texture. Strings use harmonics and tremelo. |
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Structure?
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Three main themes, 1. quiet, syncopated. 2. Loud, strident, in 2/4 3. Lyrical, slow moving.
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Melody?
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Syllabic.
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Rhythm?
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Change between 3/4and 2/4. Changes of metre, fast tempo and syncopation = exctiement and anticipation.
Accompaniment mainly on-beat and off-beat chords, create cross-rhythms. |
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Harmony?
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Sharpened fourth (tritone) and flatterned seventh which leaves it unresolved. Incomplete and adds to Tony's expectation. Toanl, jazz-influenced.
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Tonality?
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D major, two section in C major.
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Texture?
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Homphonic, accompaniment - repeated riff, short syncopated chords, and fast um-cha accompaniment.
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