MUSIC 2F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lennie Hayton, Arthur Freed, Sound Film
12 Jul 2015
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Slight greater focus on new material on final. Prolly talk about psycho on monday so that"s the cut-off. 1950s: singin" in the rain (1952: musicals. Similarities to 18th century numbers opera division between recitative and tuneful numbers produced by arthur freed (1894-1973: music arranged by lennie hayton (1908-1971) techniques discussed. Music used for temporal manipulation (playing with time) Function of song and/or dance numbers: can provide entertainment value and/or further (or support) details such as characterization. Singin in the rain, songs predate whole idea of movie. The movie created out a plot made for the songs. (made a plot around the songs). Musicals make obvious to us as an audience the artificiality of the show we"re watching. Clearly unrealistic scenes (peeps singing, no orchestra, etc). Approach taken to musicals has a long history dating back to the 17th-18th century. Examples of types of opera that are structured similarly where you have a bunch of songs and dialogue between the songs.
