Music 2701A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Aria, La Vie Bohème, Voice Type
8 Mar 2016
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*musical (noun): a stage, television or film production utilizing popularstyle songs - dialogue optional - to either tell a story (book musicals) or showcase the talents of the writers and/or performers (revues). Some approaches to the study of musical theatre Purely factual: who wrote it, who directed it, what is the story about. Genre: how does the genre change and evolve, how does the show contribute to that evolution. Historical context: what was happening in the world at the time of the show"s composition. Social concerns: why did someone write about this issue at this time cultural theory: popular modern-day or post-modern approaches to historical works: gender theory, race and ethnicity, political theory, etc (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) 01/26/2016 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Big shows on broadway in the 1980s: cats, les miserables, the. Dominating force in musical theatre from about 1975-1995.
