MUS 1740 Study Guide - Final Guide: Opera Buffa, Melodrama, Leitmotif
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28th street in ny- music publishers were-advertisers hired pianists to play songs in streets- pianos were bad- sounded like tin pans: text, 2 parts, verse-tells story-usually longer-speechlike, chorus-melody to remember, after the ball. By 1920s all that was left was the chorus. Made even shorter to where only one verse of chorus was left-records. 1: published 3 preludes, resembles romantic piano miniatures. Turf war between teen gangs on west side of manhattan- romeo and. Bernardo- leader of sharks is livid to find his sister maria in love with jet. Music danced to by puerto rican girls- the sharks girlfriends. Fragile melody but skillful accompaniment- nervously aware of eachother but slip out of sync: meeting scene. Tony and maria see one another- cha cha continues but audience doesn"t hear it, or slow down tender version of it in background. Tony sings maria and the music transforms the cha cha melody so that it is rich and enthusiastic.
