MU100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Leonard Bernstein
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Tony and for us the stars will stop . Puerto ricans vilified as being a large part of the cause (said they were major part of gangs) Studies at time showed puerto ricans were not represented in gang violence any more or less than other ethnic groups. Wss groundbreaking bc it didn"t make puerto ricans bad guys, showed americans were just as bad. Groundbreaking bc maria (puerto rican) chose to live after tony died, contrary to romeo and juliet. Ol man river may refer to white man in dominant position. Cowboys did not like farmers and vice versa. Issue of land, farmers tried to grow crops and cowboys animals ruined their land. Farmers wanted to stop cattle from coming on land and destroying crops. Cowman named curly who falls in love with farmer woman nora. Musical setting moving from tonic to dominant to be very harmonically satisfying to the listener, expresses their love and makes the duet sound wholesome.
