Music 2701A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Uffizi, Nicholas Dante, Fourth Wall
23 Jan 2018
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Classically inspired musicals of the modern age: modern classics owe much to the old legit musicals of the 40s, 50s, 60s, also strongly influenced by opera - the modern american opera of samuel. Barber, gian: carlo menotti, etc, use of classical music idioms to evoke romance and times past, depicting period stories. The secret garden: music by lucy simon, lyrics and book by marsha norman, based on the novel (1911) by frances hodgson burnett, opened on broadway in 1991, ran just over 700 performances. Ghosts": simon and norman"s version novel focuses on mary, colin, dickon and. Martha: still a focus on mary and her growth as into a more compassionate person, through her work in the garden and with the working class. Influenced by bront novels: jane eyre - with house on the moor and sound of crying from the attic, dark, brooding male protagonist like rochester and wuthering.
