Rock opera

Before watching this video when I think of musical theatre I would think of opera or Disney musical. The first thing that come to my mind would be many performers are acting and singing to converse their messages to the audiences. I would related to Bollywood to musical theatre where the performers singing and dancing in a form of acting out their storyline. The stories are usually about some kind of tragic and romance plot where the two performers would fall in lover and sometime might end…

According to Floyd, “summertime” was the opening song written by George Gershwin for his folk opera porgy and Bess in 1935 which was an easy lullaby (218). Summertime was an aria and it is somewhat attributed to Ira Gershwin. The song became a well-liked hit and to a great extent recorded jazz standard and its lyrics written by Dubose Heyward who is the author of novel porgy. This song was been labeled as on the classics by many and to a large extent a xenophobic minstrel by others. Regardless…

Harmony: Fairly long phrases in verse and chorus. 6. Orchestration: AABA 7. Texture: simple melody plus accompaniment, rich harmonies in voices 8. How the music is used in the film: The film marked the rock and roll revolution by featuring Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock", initially a B-side, over the film's opening credits (with a lengthy drum solo introduction, unlike the originally released single) V. Saturday Night…

the use of appealing to emotional and representational figures during the war era. Furthermore, because of updated instrumentation and quality use of recording, the art of interpretation in this era has played significant roles within orchestras, operas, and symphonies. With developments of percussion instruments, stringed instruments, and several horns, the new age development of performing traditional music is now being produced through means of electronics. Because of the sudden differences,…

pupil who will make it successful and he was a genius. Gershwin dropped out of school and began playing piano professionally at the age of 15. Within a couple of years, he was one of the most sought after musicians in America. A composer of jazz, opera and popular songs for stage and screen, now a day many of his works are now standards in the music business. Gershwin had a brain tumor and sadly died after brain surgery July 11, 1937 at the age of only 38 years old. Throughout his 23-year…

John Larson’s Musical ‘Rent’ portrays the coming generations attempts to create a vision for themselves in a complicated world. Based on Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohème, Rent follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group of impoverished, artistic friends living in Manhattan’s East Village. The musical is set in a dingy, disheveled loft apartment in New York’s East Village and depicts “young … artists struggling to celebrate life in the shadow of drugs, poverty and AIDS,” Jonathan…

Introduction Ever since I was a little boy, I was surrounded by music, which gave me a chance to get to know many different music genres such as opera, classical music, pop, rock, and more. I have always been inspired by different styles of music, and the primary person responsible for that was my father. Although he passed away in November 28th of 2005, he lived long enough to transmit his experiences in the music industry and the positive way he perceived music. He was a very talented…

city of Rock and the wall of Water. The main city that is surrounded by three walls and there is a wall that separates the city of stone and the city of Rock. The city of Rock has no walls within it. There is a wall, the third wall that can be found further than the location of the wall that separates the main city and the city of Rock, it marks the end of city. At the end of the city is the Wall of Water, which just marks the end of the city. Outside the main city walls is the City of Rock.…

Contemporary period is a big-mixed era in the world. Many materials and ideas all can put into music or art works. In this research paper, I will talk about the background of the contemporary era, composers of the contemporary period, the modernism and many different styles of music in this period. This piece I want to talk about, is the horn sonata, wrote by Paul Hindemith. This piece is a good piece to describe the music of the contemporary period because we still perform this at present, and…

In the United States, we have one of the lowest education rates in the world. We are behind countries like China and Japan. In New York State especially, we have a system called Common Core. Common Core is a system that provides clear and consistent learning goals to to help students prepare for college, career and life. In kindergarden, kids have to take tests and fill in bubbles on answer sheets and when they get to high school, they have to take Regent examinations which is a test that New…