Opera

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Subject Matter of Lionel Barts Early Hits

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London Criminals and working class

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Was Josepth and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Lloyd Weber and Rices 1st joint show?

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No Their first show was purchased by producters and never made it to the stage

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What sort of music style are mimicked in the pastiche number of Joseph

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Surfer Rock, Ragtime, German Oompa music

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When Lloyd Weber and Rice discussed their idea about Jesus Christ Superstar with clergymen what reaction did they get?

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They got mixed reactions. Some said it was great some said it was sacriligious.

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Why was Jesus Christ superstars not considered for a tony?

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It was not considered because tey released the concept album before the show was premiered.

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How did the MCA describe JEsus Christ Superstar?

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Rock Opera

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What was the inspiration for Evita

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Rice heard a radio broadcast about the Argentinian First Lady

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What are the central concepts of Company

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Examination of Marriage / U need to be in a marriage to really know what they are like.

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What motifs or symbols hold Company together

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Birthday Party, Busy signal

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How can a show that runs 552 be a flop

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If it does not profit

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Why is a little night music called a waltz musical by zome?

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It has a lot of triple meter music

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Prince and Sondheim disagree about the theme of Sweeney Todd, What are their views

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Prince says its about Society causing people to break down and in turn break down society

Sondheim says its about obsession

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Why did Sondheim abondon the idea of making Sweeny Todd a sung through production?

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Becuase it only took 23 min to sing thorugh

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What was the unusal plot device of merrily we roll along?

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It was told in reverse

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What kinds of show ideas did Lloyd Weber and Rice consider doing together Post Evita?

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Womans Love Life , Chess players, Opera Composers, Sunset Boulevard

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What was unusual about Lloyd Webbers Lyricist for Cats?

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He was dead. It was based on TS Elliots Poetry

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What 4 worries made investors nervous about cats?

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Based on material from a dead poet.
The choreographer was Enlgish and the English cant dance.
The Main accrtess was an unproven singer
The chosen venue was not normally used for musicals

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How is forewshadowing used in Cats

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Fragments of songs played for specific characters

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How did the London Version of Mangojerrie and Rumpleteazer differ from the Boradway version?

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The Londong version was a duet sung in unison with a conjunct melody and a strophic patter.

The Broadway version had a duple to assymetric 7 beat meter. It is Modifed Alternation

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How was the show Song and Dance Created?

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Composition of Webbers earlier works. One was a piece for music one was a dance peice.

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Why was the stralight Express a heavy book

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It was technically complex in that is was performed on skates

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What new Genre labels have been coined for Lloyd Webbers most amibitos shows?

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Mega Shows

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What was La Fantome de lOpera and how did Lloyd Webber describe it

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It was a history story that took place in an actual play house above an underground lake. Webber read it as a love story

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Who was the original lyricists for Phantom and how was a replacement found?

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Alan Jay Lerner was originally chosen but had to withdraw due to bad health. He was replaced by the lyricist for Starlight Express

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Vacalist who wantt to play Christine have to be able to do what in addition to singing?

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They must be able to sing on point which means dance on the tips of their toes.

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What styles of music are blended in the Phantom of the Opera

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Pop, Rock, Opera,

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What kind of advance did Phantom of the Opera achiece in NY?

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It was 16 Million 4x the previous record

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What inspired Sunset Boulevard and how was the musical unusla for a lloyd Webber show?

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It was inspired by the film Sunset Boulevard and was unusual in that it was %20 spoken.

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Why did Lloyd Webber name his racehorse Frank Rich

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Frank Rich was the name of the Time magazine and later Ny Times musical reviewer. Webber named his horse after him so that "if it fell he wouldnt care"

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What initally inspired the team of Schonberg and Boubil to write musicals?

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The saw jesus Christ Superstar

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How did French produciton of Les Miserables differ form the london version?

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The french version was more of a collection of scenes tied together by dialog. They were able to do this because all Frnech people know the plot.

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Why was James Fenon Fired and what benefit did he reap anywya?

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He was fired because he was taking too long but he still recieved a percentage of the gross.

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How are melodies reused in Les Miserables?

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The same melodie is played whenver Valjean and Javert meet

When Valjean ends his criminal existence and Javert kills himself

When Fantine and Valjean are dying

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What were the inspirations for Miss Saigon?

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The inspiration was a photo from a magazing of a vietnamese woman sending her child to america becuase its father was american.

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Why were the stage sets of miss saigon a challenge?

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They were huge moving trucks and had large peices like a helicopter

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What snag did Miss Saigon encounter when coming to Broaday?

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The asian AEA was upset a caucasion actor was playing an asian part.

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Why was producer Mel Brooks grateful to Sondhiem?

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Because he did not produce a musical that year that would have over shadows Brooks work.

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Whos is the subject of Sunday in the park with George.

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George Surat a painter

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What a tableau vivant entails?

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It is where characters pose like they are in a live painting

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How does Sondheims Music for Color and Light resemble the painting Technique of pointilism

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He composed with short motifs that coalesque into melodies

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What is the moral lesson of into the woods

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That it doesnt matter who causes these huge problems we all need to deal with them

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How do Venetian Gondolier songs relate to Agony?

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The style of Agony is similar to the style of music commonly play by Venetian Gondoliers

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How many Jounrals are devoted to Sondheim and his work. Names?

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There are 2, the Sondehim Society Newsletter and the Sondheim Review

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What uncomfortable questions are suggested by Assassins?

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These assassins are all Americans that beleive that they are entitiled to their dreams and blame someone else when they dont acheive them.

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What do the Phantom of the Opera and the Secret Garden have in common?

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They have both been adopted numerous times

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What was the concept of Brind da Noice Bring da funk?

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It was the history of African Americans told trhough dance

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What kinds of Shocks did Rent Presnet

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It was about Gay relationships , vulgar, and the creator died ebfore it showed

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What was the inspiration for RENT

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The opera La Bohema and his friend dying from AIDS

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What does a dramaturg do?

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They are an advisor for a playwright

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Which composer was hated by critics but loved by audiences

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Frank Wildhorn

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Whats a Jekkie

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A Person that saw Jekkyl and Hide a lot of times

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Does a successfull Msucia mean that stage show on the same thing will be good?

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No sometimes the charm or effictivness of material will be lost in the change of medium

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How is the producers a valentine to braodway

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It alludes to a number of previous msuicals and pokes fun at the industry

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How easy is it for you to see a Broadway production of a show that first premierd before u were born.

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Not hard at all nearly 1/3 of braodway shows are revivals.

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Is Broadway dead?

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No and it will continue to thrive as long as oringial experimentive shows make it to broadway

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Female Voices

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Soprano / Alto

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Male Voices

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Tenor / Bass

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Modes

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Major Minor

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Tempos

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Adagio Andante Moderatto Allegro Presto

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Dynamics

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Forte - Mezzo Forte - Piano

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To talk about

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Crescendo , tempo, Dynamics, voices, Number of singers, Conjunct or Disjunct, Rhyming?, Meter, Homo/Mono phony,

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Mellismatic

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Many notes per syllable

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Syllabic

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Syllable per note

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Miss Saigon Written in

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1989

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Les Miserables Written in

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1980

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Wicked written in

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2003

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Rent written in

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1996

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assassins written in

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1990

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Into the Woods written in

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1987

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Sweeney Todd Written in

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1979

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A Little Night Music Written in

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1973

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Sunset boulevard Written in

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1993

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Phantom of the Opera Written in

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1986

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Evita Writte in

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1979

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Cats Written in

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1981/1982

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Jesus Christ Superstar Written in

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1970

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Avenue Q Written in

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2003

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Company Written in

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1970

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The Last 5 years Written in

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2002

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The Producers Written in

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2001

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U never say good luck on opening night SONG FORM

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Rounded Binary

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Climbing Uphill SONG FORM

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Rondo

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Ladies who Lunch SONG FORM

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Strophic

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I wish I could go Back to College SONG FORM

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Ternary

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King Herods Song SONG FORM

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Alternation

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Cats UK SONG FORM

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Strophic

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Cats US Song Form

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Modified Alternation

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Evita SONG FORM

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Verse Chorus

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Phantom of the opera SONG FORM

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Modified Strohpic

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With one look SONG FORM

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Ternary Form

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Send in the clowns SONG FORM

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Ternary

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A Little Priest SONG FORM

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Non Standard

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The Ballad of Booth SONG FORM

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Non Standard

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Santa Fe SONG FORM

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Verse Chorus

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Work Song SONG FORM

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Binary

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Castle on a Cloud SONG FORM

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Song Form

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Miss Saigon BY

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Schonberg / Boubil

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Les Miserables BY

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Schonberg / Boubil

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Wicked BY

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Schwartz/ Schwartz

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Rent BY

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Larson/ Larson

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Assassins BY

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Sondehim / Sondheim

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Into the Woods BY

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Sondheim / Sondheim

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Sweeny Todd BY

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Sondheim / Sondheim

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A little night music BY

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Sondheim / Sondheim

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Sunset Boulevard BY

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Lloyd Webber / Black & Hampton

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Phantom of the Opera By

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Lloyd Webber / Charles Hart

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Evita BY

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Lloyd Webber / Rice

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Cats BY

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Lloyd Webber/ TS Elliot

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Jesus Christ Superstar BY

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Lloyd Webber / Rice

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Avenue Q BY

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Lopez & Marx did both

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Company BY

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Sondheim / Sondheim

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The Last Five Years BY

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Brown / Brown

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The Producers BY

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Brooks / Brooks

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What is this Feeling? - Wicked SONG FORM

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non standard

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I Still Believe - Miss Saigon SONG FORM

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non standard