Ch 6 PowerPoint

Popular song as a dramatic tool ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dramatically effective song fulfills one of three functions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Early 20 th century songs had little dramatic connection to plot ,[object Object]

George Cohan (1878-1942) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example: “Yankee Doodle Boy” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Jerome Kern (1885-1945) Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) ,[object Object]

1920s stage show were mostly fluff - lighthearted

Show Boat ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example: “Ol’ Man River” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Talking films and Great Depression ended the popularity of the musical theater.

“ Oklahoma” (1943) Rodgers and Hammerstein ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example: “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Show Boat/Oklahoma ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Many of Rogers&Hammerstein’s musicals became successful films ,[object Object]

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) ,[object Object],[object Object]

“ West Side Story” (1957) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkdP02HKQGc

Films, records, radio, nightclubs, and TV provided cheaper entertainment, THEREFORE Musical Theatre became elite, or alternative entertainment.

Original cast recordings dominated pop charts through the early 1960s

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