Music 1102A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Leonard Bernstein

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Texture: listen for the growing complexity of texture from homophony to polyphony. Form: listen for how the scene grows from a series of solos, to a trio, to a quintet. Listen for how the two main themes are varied then combined. Word music relationships: the key word is tonight. listen for how it is sung consistently in both melodies. Notice, too, how the singers arrive at the word together from different roles. Musical spoken drama with substantial amounts of singing, based on operetta tradition. Emotions of hate and love represented by different melodies. Both emotions united by a desire for togetherness. Each character introduced one by one then brought together musically. Culminates in a quintet for maria, tony, anita, sharks and jets. Additive form two basic melodies distributed among different characters, new layers constantly added. Move from one part (homophony; solo) to many parts (polyphony; trio then quintet)

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