MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Arthur Laurents, New York Philharmonic
3 Feb 2017
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Leonard bernstein on tv in 1956 (cid:0)we are in a historical position now similar to that of the popular musical theater in germany just before mozart came along. In 1750, the big attraction was what they called the singspiel, which was the annie get your gun of its day, star comic and all. This popular form took the leap to a work of art through the genius of mozart. After all, the magic flute is a singspiel; only its by mozartwe are in the same position; all we need is for our mozart to come along. If and when he doeswhat well get will be a new formand thiscan happen any second. Its almost as though it is our moment in history, as if there is a historical necessity that gives us such a wealth of creative talent at this precise time. . At this time, bernstein was already prominent in broadway as a conductor.
