PPT-Musical Universalism

a cross cultural dissection What is Universalism The single harmony produced by all the heavenly bodies singing and dancing together springs from one source and ends by achieving one purpose and has rightly bestowed the name not of disordered but of ordered universe upon the whole Aristotle . A History. Forward by John . Kenrick. “Let’s start at the very beginning…”. Did Broadway’s GOLDEN AGE end in the 1950s? 60s?. OR. Is the theatre itself “an art form of the now.. ”. January 12, . A Brief History – Part 1 . Early Influences. Early Influences - . English ballad opera.  . The Beggar’s Opera. . – 1728; . Flora. – 1735 . No historical scenery . or. costumes. Spoken . play with preexisting popular songs amid . A Brief History – Part 1 . Early Influences. Early Influences - . English ballad opera.  . The Beggar’s Opera. . – 1728; . Flora. – 1735 . No historical scenery . or. costumes. Spoken . play with preexisting popular songs amid . Kenrick, . Musical Theatre, A History. Chapter 16. James Joyce’ THE DEAD. The year 2000 found the Broadway community quite unsure of what the future of musical theater could be. . James Joyce's The Dead. A Brief History – Part 1 . Early Influences. What is Musical Theatre?. mu·si·cal. . the·a·ter. . noun: musical theatre is a genre of drama in which singing and dancing play an essential . part. Chapter 5 - The Birth of Musical Comedy. Chapter 6 – A New Century. by John . Kenrick. To review…. The Greeks developed tragedy and comedy containing elements of music and dance. In the renaissance. From . American Musical Theatre . by James Leve. CHAPTER ONE. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s . Oklahoma!. opened in 1943 and ran for 2,212 performances.. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960). -Like composers and arrangers, performers make musical decisions. . -When performers work in small groups such as trios, these decisions need to be agreed upon by all members. . . -otherwise, the performance will not be good.. “To send light into the . darkenss. of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist”. ~ Robert Schumann. What is a Composer. Composer:. A composer is someone who writes a music piece.. Theatre. What is Musical theatre? . Musical theatre is theatre that utilizes singing, acting, and dancing to tell a story. A Brief History of Musicals. History of Musicals: The beginning. Music has been used in onstage performances throughout the years – Greek theatre, medieval theatre, Tudor theatre, and Elizabethan theatre all saw the use of music and/or dance in some form to entertain audiences. Week 15. [Part 1]. Introduction to Theatre. College of the Desert. Realism. Realism in the last half of the 19th-century began as an experiment to make theater more useful to society. . The . mainstream theatre from 1859 to 1900 was still bound up in melodramas, spectacle plays (disasters, etc.), comic operas, and vaudevilles. Musical Form Please take handout I. Musical Form (5 Variations on a Theme) B. Form as musical architecture A. Form as balance of unity/variety I. Musical Form (5 Variations on a Theme) B. Form as musical architecture The Musical Setting the Stage Heart of the musical lies in its music and those who sing and dance to it The music functions as an extension of the character singing (shows their personality, ideas, motivation, etc.) -Like painting, writing, and other forms of artistic expression, composing music involves making decisions.. -The composer must decide what he or she wants to say and the best musical means to express it. .