Music 2701A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Georges Seurat, Freaked, Jo Swerling
23 Jan 2018
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European operetta (and the influence on american operetta), and gilbert and sullivan. Legit voice types: from lowest to highest pitch. Book musicals tell a narrative while revues are a collection of acts - sometimes following a theme, sometimes completely disparate. Book musicals have gone by many names: comic operas, operettas, musical comedy, etc. Revues have their roots in variety, vaudeville, music halls and minstrel shows. Other hits for offenbach: la belle h l ne (1864), la vie parisienne (1866), la grande- Duchesse de g rolstein (1867) won"t be tested on these. Orpheus in the underworld: (played in paris for a long time, ny, london, but one place that comic opera went over well was in vienna) Listen to the final bit of the act ii finale: jupiter causes a lightening bolt to fall near orpheus, making him look around, losing.
