MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dubose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward, Rouben Mamoulian
21 Feb 2017
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Music 2tt3 lecture 4 broadway opera (porgy & bess and street scene) In the 1940s, the musical play established itself and created a favourable environment for ambitious undertakings, including: oklahoma! (1943, carousel (1945, south pacific (1949) Opera, an invention of the early baroque era (ca. 1600), is a staged entertainment, usually sung from beginning to end, featuring music, drama, poetry, the visual arts and sometimes dance. Classically-trained, legitimate singers with a wide range, excellent projection, use of vibrato (kind of wiggle or shake in voice, adds colour to sound: not belters, hear more of vibrato in opera (not typically broadway sound) Music and singing trump drama and acting: plot not as important, character not as important, music and singing are more important. In opera, there are generally 2 modes of singing: recitative: speech-like vocal delivery; emphasis on text, aria: lyrical, melodic, smooth; emphasis on music. Overture, duet (2 singers), trio (3), quartet (4), quintet (5), sextet (6), chorus, etc.
