MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Comic Opera, Patter Song, Cliffhanger
27 Jan 2017
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Musical: a broadly defined genre that refers to a type of performance made up of talking, singing, and dancing. In other words, the theatre that speaks, sings, and dances she term came along in 1960s operetta, light opera (other terms floating along) A genre is a category sanctioned by convention. Conventional structure cverture - set the scene, tone, etc. ]intermission] entreacte -returns the audience back to the scene. 16 musical numbers (not (cid:0)songs): 10 in the 1st act and 6 in the 2nd. Captures the attention and favour of the audience. Previews the principal songs, main themes and melodies. Similar to the overture in use shere are e ceptions to this rule, but this is the general convention cour most important points in a music: beginning of act i. Set the scene, grab the audience: end of act i. Make sure the audience returns, cliffhanger: beginning of act ii suck them back into the story, end of act ii.
