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1 The Musical Stage Chapter 8

2 Early History of Musical Theater
Musical rituals date back as far as 30,000 B.C.E. Music song and dance combine to create Dionysian festivals in early Greece Elizabethan theater included music Opera was developed in Italy in the late seventeenth century

3 Mozart Many say his operas have never been surpassed.
Signature style: melodious arias alternating with dialogue, sometimes spoken but mostly sung. This solved the problem of telling a dramatic story in song.

4 Terms Sung dialogue is called recitative
The combination of recitative and song is called singspiel Singspiel is sometimes hard to listen to because it is not melodious like a song Libretto- the lyrics and recitatives of an opera

5 Most popular of Mozart’s work
The Marriage of Figaro Verdi and the Romantic Opera Most popular of Mozart’s work 2 lowly servants outwit the master of the house Finale is “what it would sound like if God could sing!” Romantic movement protests restraint Verdi’s operas are melodramas with music Characters are thwarted by social restrictions

6 Richard Wagner Romanticism fostered nationalism (Germany)
Wanted to create true music-drama that would be in the same class as Sophocles and Shakespeare Gave Germany a mythology

7 Operetta vs. Opera Spoken dialogue moves the play forward but is continually interrupted by arias Shortened spaces between songs Many songs, 2 dimensional characters All or most of dialogue is sung Desire to create works that are elegant and noble Heavier than operetta More complicated

8 Other Famous Operas Porgy and Bess Amahl and the Night Visitors
Candide Sweeney Todd The Ghost of Versailles

9 Broadway Musicals Of Thee I Sing Satire of Presidential Politics
Candidates will do anything to win the election Pal Joey Deepened the Broadway musical and deserves to be called a musical play Led to others wanting greater depth in the genre

10 About the courtship of a cowboy and a farm girl
Oklahoma! West Side Story About the courtship of a cowboy and a farm girl Includes folk dance, ballet Took musical stage in a startling new direction Modernization of Romeo and Juliette Arias have become classics Rival gangs of New York

11 Dance Egyptians took part in elaborate dance ceremonies
Greece marked the beginning of dance as an official form of public entertainment Dance awakens the Dionysian spirit in all of us

12 Ballet Known as the premier form of dance art Athletic, yet graceful
Classical ballet often tells a story, but is not needed Giselle Tchaikosvsky-Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker

13 Modern Dance Breaks with classical tradition
Starts with classical moves but then adds in athleticism, complex variations Mikhail Baryshnikov- famous modern dancer/now actor

14 Famous Modern Dance Choreographers
Martha Graham Agnes De Mille Michael Bennett Jose Limon Twyla Tharp

15 Folkloric Dance Rooted in time honored values and customs
Usually vastly different from formal dance, requires little or no training

16 Native American Traditional Forms
Potlatch-Northwest tradition where community members come together to feast and dance to celebrate special occasions Bear Dance-far west, reenactment of a ceremony ritualizing the hunt Powwow-plains, sequence-grand entry, signing of anthem, series of dances representing life activities (planting, harvest, courtship, marriage)

17 Mexican Folkloric Ballet vs. Asian Dance
Highly trained dancers “Set Pieces”-Stag Dance, love, marriage, cycle of life Joyous mood, colorful Every dancer is a monk Black metal caps adorned with peacock feathers, purposely monotonous to still emotions Next dance, colorful silk because they believe color can be experienced temporarily

18 Flamenco Spanish, from Gypsy songs
4 females, 2 males, 2 guitars and 2 singers

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