Music 2701A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Strophic Form
6 Dec 2017
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Much more authenticity seeing a show live rather than filmed. Musical (noun): a stage, television, or film production utilizing popular-style songs- dialogue optional- to either tell a story (book musicals) or showcase the talents of the writers and/or performers (revues) (www. musicals101. com) Book/libretto (libretto- little book; people going to opera used to get a little book with the words and text) Music/songs/score: sometimes there are different people for book, music, and songs, and sometimes one person writes it all. Direction (what the show will look like, what the show will do to the audience) Voice types/ ranges (satb: mezzo soprano (between soprano and alto) Goes from highest woman"s voice to lowest man"s voice: sounds more consistent throughout the song, baritone (between tenor and bass) High female and high male are usually the love interest (sopranos get the man) Verse-chorus form: abab: small= verse, big= chorus. Through-composed: no discernable overriding musical or textual pattern.
