1. Something’s coming
AoS 2

2. Facts It is from the musical ‘West Side Story’ 1958.
Leonard Bernstein wrote the music for the musical. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics.
Is a contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet.
Something’s coming appears early on in the musical and is the first solo song.
Bernstein was influenced by Jazz and bebop which can be heard in the music.

3. Structure Section Bar numbers Intro 1-3 A 4-39 B 40-105 B1 106-140 A1
Outro
158 (fade out)

4. Keywords
Tritone – Augmented 4th (The devil’s interval!) Cross rhythms – Straights and triplets played together Word Painting – Where the music copies the lyric meaning

5. Keywords Modulation – When the key signature changes
Flattened 7th – The 7th degree of the scale flattened (C natural in this piece)
Modulation – When the key signature changes
Bi-tonality – 2 different key signatures at the same time

6. Tritone
Can be either melodic or harmonic! It is an augmented 4th interval (the Devil’s interval...) Where is it in the score?

7. Word Painting
Some of you looked into the use of word painting last lesson. What is word painting and where can we find it in the music? How do we know that it is word painting?

8. Tonality
What is the key signature of the piece at the beginning? Does the key signature change at any point? (reflect on previous lessons)

9. Rhythm
The music to Westside Story is influenced by Jazz and beebop. How is this represented by Bernstein’s use of rhythms?