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oapen-20.500.12657-625182024-03-28T08:18:20Z Here for the Hearing Buchler, Michael Decker, Gregory John Musical theater, Musical theatre, Broadway, American music, show tunes, Tin Pan Alley, analysis, music theory, form, phrase structure, rhythm, harmony, semiotics, text and music, gender, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Leonard Bernstein, Frank Loesser, Jason Robert Brown, Jeanine Tesori thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVA Theory of music and musicology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies This book offers a series of essays that show the integrated role that musical structure (including harmony, melody, rhythm, meter, form, and musical association) plays in making sense of what transpires onstage in musicals. Written by a group of music analysts who care deeply about musical theater, this collection provides new understanding of how musicals are put together, how composers and lyricists structure words and music to complement one another, and how music helps us understand the human relationships and historical and social contexts. Using a wide range of musical examples, representing the history of musical theater from the 1920s to the present day, the book explores how music interacts with dramatic elements within individual shows and other pieces within and outside of the genre. These essays invite readers to consider issues that are fundamental both to our understanding of musical theater and to the multiple ways we engage with music. 2023-04-20T09:29:27Z 2023-04-20T09:29:27Z 2023 book 9780472133314 9780472039302 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62518 eng Tracking Pop application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780472903535.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.11969716 10.3998/mpub.11969716 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 e94990d9-9c81-43ad-b5d4-7c02e576bad8 9780472133314 9780472039302 311 Florida State University FSU open access
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This book offers a series of essays that show the integrated role that musical structure (including harmony, melody, rhythm, meter, form, and musical association) plays in making sense of what transpires onstage in musicals. Written by a group of music analysts who care deeply about musical theater, this collection provides new understanding of how musicals are put together, how composers and lyricists structure words and music to complement one another, and how music helps us understand the human relationships and historical and social contexts. Using a wide range of musical examples, representing the history of musical theater from the 1920s to the present day, the book explores how music interacts with dramatic elements within individual shows and other pieces within and outside of the genre. These essays invite readers to consider issues that are fundamental both to our understanding of musical theater and to the multiple ways we engage with music.
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