The Musical Theatre Composer As Dramatist

Author : Rebecca Applin Warner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781350229426

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The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist by Rebecca Applin Warner Pdf

Dramaturgy is at the heart of any musical theatre score, proving that song and music combined can collectively act as drama. The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration offers techniques for approaching a musical with the drama at the centre of the music. Written by a working composer of British musical theatre, this original and highly practical book is intended for composers, students of musical theatre and performing arts and their collaborators. Through detailed case studies, conceptual frameworks and frank analysis, this book encourages the collaboration between the languages of music and drama. It offers a shared language for talking about music in the creation of musical theatre, as well as practical exercises for both composers and their collaborators and ways of analysing existing musical theatre scores for those who are versed in musical terminology, and those who are not. Speaking directly to the contemporary artist, working examples are drawn from a wide range of musicals throughout Part One, before a full case study analysis of Matilda the Musical brings all the ideas together in Part Two. Part Three offers a range of practical exercises for anyone creating new musicals, particularly composers and their collaborators.

Author : Rebecca Applin Warner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781350229402

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The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist by Rebecca Applin Warner Pdf

Dramaturgy is at the heart of any musical theatre score, proving that song and music combined can collectively act as drama. The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration offers techniques for approaching a musical with the drama at the centre of the music. Written by a working composer of British musical theatre, this original and highly practical book is intended for composers, students of musical theatre and performing arts and their collaborators. Through detailed case studies, conceptual frameworks and frank analysis, this book encourages the collaboration between the languages of music and drama. It offers a shared language for talking about music in the creation of musical theatre, as well as practical exercises for both composers and their collaborators and ways of analysing existing musical theatre scores for those who are versed in musical terminology, and those who are not. Speaking directly to the contemporary artist, working examples are drawn from a wide range of musicals throughout Part One, before a full case study analysis of Matilda the Musical brings all the ideas together in Part Two. Part Three offers a range of practical exercises for anyone creating new musicals, particularly composers and their collaborators.

Author : Otis L. Guernsey
Publisher : Dodd Mead
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035618417

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Playwrights, Lyricists, Composers on Theater by Otis L. Guernsey Pdf

Author : Andrew Lamb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000101171

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Leslie Stuart by Andrew Lamb Pdf

Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) was a British songwriter best remembered as the composer of the hit show, Florodora. He began writing popular songs as a teenager, first for blackface and vaudeville performers, and eventually for more "legitimate" shows and revues. Florodora (1899), written in collaboration with London's most fashionable librettist, Owen Hall, was a musical-comedy sensation. Its combination of the traditional slow love ballads and waltzes with more rhythmic and long-lined numbers made it a worldwide success. He continued to compose through the first decade of the 20th century, laying the groundwork for the coming innovations in British and American musical theater.

Author : C. A. Price
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1984-06-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521238315

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Henry Purcell and the London Stage by C. A. Price Pdf

This book was the first comprehensive survey of Purcell's dramatic music. It is concerned as much with the London theatre world - playhouses, poets, actors, singers, producers - as with the music itself. Purcell wrote music for more than fifty plays of various types, most of them produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, between 1690 and 1695. The songs, dialogues, choruses, act tunes and larger musical scenes are often active participants in the spoken drama, not simply grafted-on entertainments. The extraordinary semi-operas - Dioclesian, King Arthur, and The Fairy-Queen - are placed in the context of a theatre that thrived mainly on plays that, though less lavish, were no less musical. The traditional picture of a composer trapped within a degraded musical society, his natural predilection for opera ignored, is redrawn to show a consummate dramatist exploiting a remarkably musical theatre.

Author : Benjamin Francis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : American drama
ISBN : 1350281840

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Careful the Spell You Cast by Benjamin Francis Pdf

Author : Stephen Hinton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780520951839

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Weill's Musical Theater by Stephen Hinton Pdf

In the first musicological study of Kurt Weill’s complete stage works, Stephen Hinton charts the full range of theatrical achievements by one of twentieth-century musical theater’s key figures. Hinton shows how Weill’s experiments with a range of genres—from one-act operas and plays with music to Broadway musicals and film-opera—became an indispensable part of the reforms he promoted during his brief but intense career. Confronting the divisive notion of "two Weills"—one European, the other American—Hinton adopts a broad and inclusive perspective, establishing criteria that allow aspects of continuity to emerge, particularly in matters of dramaturgy. Tracing his extraordinary journey as a composer, the book shows how Weill’s artistic ambitions led to his working with a remarkably heterogeneous collection of authors, such as Georg Kaiser, Bertolt Brecht, Moss Hart, Alan Jay Lerner, and Maxwell Anderson.

Author : David Spencer
Publisher : Heinemann Drama
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015057532908

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The Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide by David Spencer Pdf

Award-winning musical dramatist and teacher David Spencer provides a guide-to-the-game that helps you negotiate aspects of the musical theatre business and more.

Author : Megan Alrutz,Julia Listengarten,M. Van Duyn Wood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350316553

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Playing with Theory in Theatre Practice by Megan Alrutz,Julia Listengarten,M. Van Duyn Wood Pdf

Through a collection of original essays and case studies, this innovative book explores theory as an accessible, although complex, tool for theatre practitioners and students. These chapters invite readers to (re)imagine theory as a site of possibility or framework that can shape theatre making, emerge from practice, and foster new ways of seeing, creating, and reflecting. Focusing on the productive tensions and issues that surround creative practice and intellectual processes, the contributing authors present central concepts and questions that frame the role of theory in the theatre. Ultimately, this diverse and exciting collection offers inspiring ideas, raises new questions, and introduces ways to build theoretically-minded, dynamic production work.

Author : Robert Gordon,Olaf Jubin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199988747

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The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical by Robert Gordon,Olaf Jubin Pdf

The first comprehensive academic survey of British musical theatre from its origins, The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical offers both a historical account of musical theatre from 1728 and a range of in-depth critical analyses of key works and productions that illustrate its aesthetic values and sociocultural meanings.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Authorship
ISBN : IOWA:31858002377475

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The Author, Playwright and Composer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Laura MacDonald,Ryan Donovan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780429535864

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The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre by Laura MacDonald,Ryan Donovan Pdf

Global in scope and featuring thirty-five chapters from more than fifty dance, music, and theatre scholars and practitioners, The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre introduces the fundamentals of musical theatre studies and highlights developing global trends in practice and scholarship. Investigating the who, what, when, where, why, and how of transnational musical theatre, The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre is a comprehensive guide for those studying the components of musical theatre, its history, practitioners, audiences, and agendas. The Companion expands the study of musical theatre to include the ways we practice and experience musicals, their engagement with technology, and their navigation of international commercial marketplaces. The Companion is the first collection to include global musical theatre in each chapter, reflecting the musical’s status as the world’s most popular theatrical form. This book brings together practice and scholarship, featuring essays by leading and emerging scholars alongside luminaries such as Chinese musical theatre composer San Bao, Tony Award-winning star André De Shields, and Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus. This is an essential resource for students on theatre and performance courses and an invaluable text for researchers and practitioners in these areas of study.

Author : Lyn Cramer
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781408184752

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Creating Musical Theatre by Lyn Cramer Pdf

Creating Musical Theatre features interviews with the directors and choreographers that make up today's Broadway elite. From Susan Stroman and Kathleen Marshall to newcomers Andy Blankenbuehler and Christopher Gattelli, this book features twelve creative artists, mostly director/choreographers, many of whom have also crossed over into film and television, opera and ballet. To the researcher, this book will deliver specific information on how these artists work; for the performer, it will serve as insight into exactly what these artists are looking for in the audition process and the rehearsal environment; and for the director/choreographer, this book will serve as an inspiration detailing each artist's pursuit of his or her dream and the path to success, offering new insight and a deeper understanding of Broadway today. Creating Musical Theatre includes a foreword by four-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara, one of the most elegant and talented leading ladies gracing the Broadway and concert stage today, as well as interviews with award-winning directors and choreographers, including: Rob Ashford (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying); Andy Blankenbuehler (In the Heights); Jeff Calhoun (Newsies); Warren Carlyle (Follies); Christopher Gattelli (Newsies); Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes); Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde); Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon); Randy Skinner (White Christmas); Susan Stroman (The Scottsboro Boys); Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys); and Anthony Van Laast (Sister Act).

Author : Gilles de Van
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226143694

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Verdi's Theater by Gilles de Van Pdf

But in the musical drama reality begins to blur, the musical forms lose their excessively neat patterns, and doubt and ambiguity undermine characters and situations, reflecting the crisis of character typical of modernity. Indeed, much of the interest and originality of Verdi's operas lie in his adherence to both these contradictory systems, allowing the composer/dramatist to be simultaneously classical and modern, traditionalist and innovator.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UM Libraries
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015057454434

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Music at Michigan by Anonim Pdf