By Leah Butterworth

SOUND GENRE RESEARCH AND

ANALYSIS

Conventional and traditional approach such as there is always a prelude or on core

Traditional score for example “Phantom of Opera” by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Includes motif and motif developmentLeit motif Orchestra like using live music which rarely

juxtaposes unlike contemporary theatreSound eff ectsSpoon fed and is very literalUses no diegetic and diegetic soundsDirect correlationWorks towards one clear image

GENRE OF MUSICALS THEATRE

MUSICAL AND CONTEXT

Les Miserablehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G8DY9pyWGk

Music Claude-Michel Schönberg Basis 1862 novel by Victor Hugo Alain Boubli l and Jean-Marc

Natel, with an English-language l ibretto by Herbert Kretzmer.

Set in early 19th-century France, it is the story of Jean Valjean,

This song is al l about the l i fe of a landlord and how they rip people off .

MUSICAL AND CONTEXT

Chicago-cell block tango• Opened in 1975• Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred

Ebb • Set in Chicago, the musical is about

actual criminals and crimes reported, about criminal justice and the concept of the “celebrity criminal.”

• SYNOPSIS: about a girl who kills her husband over a spat and is not on trial represented by Billy Flynn who is representing Velma as well and they compete for him

• CHICAGO - "CELL BLOCK TANGO" - Six Wifes tell a story of killing their husbands -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA6R1DMb-Z8

Use of original scoresUses direct correlation or disassociationCan provide form and structural devices for example

climax, time frame and rhythmSuggest place and moodAlso does far more with sound such as juxtapositionContemporary dance is more experimental and breaks

all the rules

GENRE OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE

CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND CONTEXT

Swansong• Choreographer is Christopher Bruce.• Year of first Performance was November 1987.• Dance Style= Contemporary, with physical contact

and some balletic movements. • Includes references to social and physical theatre.• Because its contemporary it uses different

Choreographic Style such as Episodic – The story unfolds a section at a timeDramatic – It contains elements of dramaThematic – It has a theme• Accompaniment - Use of music, certain

instruments, sounds, voice, characteristics/style of music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=038BdfaaVVs

CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND CONTEXT

Zero Degreeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g5fLgsSQWU • zero degrees -Premiere: 8 July

2005, Sadler's Wells, London• Musicians Laura Anstee - cello Coordt Linke - percussion Faheem Mazhar - vocals Alies Sluiter – violin• Composer - Nitin Sawhney

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