Ballet
What is Ballet
A type of performance dancing with extremely precise and technical movements well known for having dancers be on the very ends of their toes
What is Opera
A stage production where the plot is driven entirely by music, mostly in the one genre the entire time, sung in an operatic style
Punk Rock - fast paced drums, power chords, crappy singing, guitar bass kit, fast tempo, short length song
What is a Musical
A stage production where character development is through lyrics in song, there is also spoken dialogue and the music may be across several genres, sung in various styles
Name a Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty
Swan Lake
Midsummer Nights Dream
The Nutcracker
Romeo and Juliet
The Rite of Spring
How has the arrangement been changed (20sec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc OG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ Arrg
- Different performing media
- Different genre
- Vocals styling
- Backing vox
- Totally different intro (also shorter), key
- New musical material
Name some Opera
The Ring of the Nibelungen
Don Giovanni
La Traviata
Carmen
The Barber of Seville
The Marriage of Figaro
Tristan and Isolde
Classical - 4 bar melody with 4 bar answer phrase, second theme in contrasting key and contrasting characteristics, simplistic tonic dominant harmony, alberti bass accompaniment, clear homophonic texture, symmetrical structure
When did Musicals become a thing
Early 20th Century
Name some famous composers of ballet
Igor Stravinsky
Pokofiev
Shostakovich
Tchaikovsky
Mendelssohn
Describe the Tone Colour
Acoustic instrument (cello) played with a bow. with electronic amplification and manipulation. Ranges from high pitched glassy sounds to extremely loud roar with bowing sounds from the bow but with somewhat like a train trough a subway tunnel
What is an Aria
A song for solo voice that is integral to the plot where the main character would pour out their feelings and what is going on etc
Funk - Repetitive lyrics, stylised vocals, instrumental riffs, horn stabs, groovy drums, highly involved bass lines
Two most famous places for musicals
Broadway, New York City
The West End, London
Which French King also known as the 'Sun King' was influential in the spread of Ballet, even staring in many many productions as well as opening the Royal Academy of Ballet
Louis the 14th
Comment on the use of duration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP42C-4zL3w The Augers of Spring/ Dance of the Young Girls
- Punchy 8th note rhythm with varied accents on the upbeats+ down beats
- syncopated horn stabs that then move to the first beat of the bar
- Sounds like an impending doom approaching, stabbing almost like 'psycho'. Creates a mood of danger and violence
What is libretto
The lyrics
It lasts for 5 turns
Techno/ trance - 136 bpm, four-on-the-floor kick, repetitive, synthesizers, common time, repeptitve structure + melody
Longest running musical
The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber with 10,000 performances opening on Jan 26 1988
What is:
Fouette, en pointe, Pirouette, grand jet
The spin when you whip out your leg each time
On the tippies
Spinning on one foot
The big leap when both legs go in the air our straight
Describe the texture
- very dense lots of different sounds happening
- Homophonic (once the singing comes in)
- sustained synth chords, drum machine beat, mid-level riff of 8th note rhythm, one the beat clav sound,
- exclusively electronic sounds
- various rhythms from sustained, kick and snare pattern, 8th note continuous sounds
Where was the earliest and still performed Opera L'orfeo composed
Italy by Monteverdi in 1607
Solid way to ruin everything
This is a more of convince me sort of what you think it is situation
What musical is said to be the start of modern musicals and kicking off the 'Golden Age' of musicals
Oklahoma! by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II in 1943