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Musical Theater (THTR -135)

Musical Theater (THTR -135). Class #1 Background. Our resources…. Broadway: The American Musical 3-part dvd by PBS musicals101.com A terrific web site by John Kenrick. Where does it all begin?. Greek theater (5 th Century, BC) Roman theater (3 rd Century, BC) Middle Ages

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Musical Theater (THTR -135)

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  1. Musical Theater (THTR -135) Class #1 Background

  2. Our resources… • Broadway: The American Musical • 3-part dvd by PBS • musicals101.com • A terrific web site by John Kenrick

  3. Where does it all begin? • Greek theater (5th Century, BC) • Roman theater (3rd Century, BC) • Middle Ages • Religious Dramas • Hildegard of Bingen: Ordo virtutum • Renaissance • French Commedia Dell’arte • Pulcinella(Igor Stravinsky) • Opera (Italy) • England • Ballad and Comic

  4. Baroque Opera • Arias, Recitatives, Chorus • Little dramatic action • Quality of the singing • Excessive stage tricks • Aristocratic/Noble audience

  5. Mozart & DaPonte

  6. What’s new? Everything! • Character development! • Subconscious thought! • Ever expanding ensembles! • Middle-class target audience!

  7. Operetta • Paris, Vienna and London • Vernacular • Spoken dialogue • Comedies • Predictable characters, plots and situations

  8. Paris: Jacques Offenbach • Popular yet refined music • Silly plots • Spoken dialogue • Happy endings • La Belle Helene(1864)

  9. Vienna: Johann Strauss • More refined and “classical” music • Spoken dialogue • Infectious melodies • Die Fledermaus(1874)

  10. England: Gilbert & Sullivan • W.S. Gilbert (librettist) • Pioneering stage director • Arthur Sullivan (music) • 14 comic operas • (Richard) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company • Pirates of Penzance (1880) (Kevin Klein) • “Topsy-Turvy” 1999 • “Three Little Maids Are We” • Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles

  11. England: Music Halls • Legitimized saloons • Intermingling of classes • 300+ in London by 1875 • “Ye Ole’ English Music Hall” 1926 • Stars included • Laurel & Hardy • Charlie Chaplin

  12. Next week… • Before Showboat • i.) Review of Vaudeville, Minstrel shows, Variety, Burlesque. • ii.) Integrated musical vs. Musical comedy and reviews • iii.) Florenz Zeigfeld and the Follies • iv.) George M. Cohan • v.) Irving Berlin • (1) Influence of World War I 

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