Music 2701A/B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 86 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Elements of musical theatre: book/libretto, lyrics, music/songs/score, dance/choreography, direction, design. Voice types/ranges: soprano, mezzo soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, various pop voice ranges. Song forms we may encounter: strophic or stanzaic form: aaa, verse-chorus form: abab, through-composed: no discernable overriding musical or textual pattern, composite: combining more than one form. Auntie viola- she was prominent in the musical scene: started education at oxford as a history scholar but gave it up to study at. Invitation to the jellicle ball: sung by munkastrap and all cats, call to all the cats to come and dance celebration introduces the plot point of rebirth. Jellicle motive featured, repeated numerous times in this song and other songs. Represents a critical part of the show- in this case it the rebirth: motive/ motif: short musical idea that gets repeated over and pver and we recognize it.
