I’m not a fan of the celluloid musical genre; however, there is always the exception to the rule. In this case it is my pleasure to introduce to you my favorite movie musical, West Side Story, which I intend on giving a very loving tribute as well as a fair review. Before I begin let ...
For my first listening assignment I chose Vivaldi The Four Seasons, featuring Leonard Bernstein. First I would like to say that I thoroughly enjoyed these concertos. I am pleased that I decided to purchase the CD as opposed to borrowing it. Most of the compositions contain small sections of conjunct notes and larger sections of ...
Movie musicals hit the peak of their popularity in the fifties. Major studios created an active production schedule and during the early and mid-fifties more than two dozen musicals were turned out each year. A new musical was released every two weeks! MGM was the most productive and innovative in story, music, and dance and ...
Lesson for General Music Class: How the writers of West Side Story used music and dance to tell a tragic love story Materials needed: CD player and cast recording of the musical and/or DVD of the film Student objectives: Students can relate the basic story of the musical. Students can list the major characters in ...
At one point in time musicals were a very popular genre of movies. In the 2000s musicals aren’t quite as common so it is one of the few genres where some of the older musicals actually have a chance to compete with newer movies as far as the highest grossing movies of the genre, unlike ...
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