Defying Gravity All Components

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  • Created on: 05-06-20 10:21
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  • Defying Gravity - Stephen Schwartz
    • Melody
      • Lots of syllabic movement
        • Vocalisation - melisma within this - B174 -> b176
          • Conjunct movement with wide angular leaps - B15 -> b16
            • Ascending sequences - b6 -> b7
              • Leaps - perfect 5ths - b34
                • Word Painting - leap - gravity - flying
    • Harmony
      • Root position chords - common chords
        • Descending parallel semitones
          • Suspended chords (2nds and 4ths)
            • Augmented chords - b7
              • Diminished chords - b19
                • Pedals - lower, inner, upper
                  • Glinda sings in D major and Elphaba in Db major
                    • Movement around the circle of 5ths - b69 -> b74
    • Tempo, metre and rhythm
      • Bar 1 - Free Tempo
        • Bar 20 - Andante
          • Bar 49 - Allegro
            • Bar 88 - Moderato
              • Bar 103 - Allegro
                • Bar 111 - Andante
                  • Bar 129 - Allegro
                    • Bar 162 -Andante
                      • Bar 168 - Maestoso
                  • Rallentando
                    • Syncopation, dotted rhythms, triplets
                  • Time signature changes
                    • Fermatas - b19
    • Sonority
      • Duet for Glinda and Elphaba
        • Large vocal range G_1 and F-1
          • 23 piece orchestra - brass, keyboards, strings, percussion
            • Generally a traditional pit orchestra with some unusual instruments
    • Texture and Tonality
      • Ambiguous at the start
        • Unrelated chords
          • Opening - sparse texture with monophonic bars
            • Verse melody dominated homophony - builds to polyphonic
              • Homophonic chordal passages
                • Ostinato accomapniment
                  • Contrapuntal - b168
    • Musical Contexts
      • Musical - story told through music, dance and dialogue
        • has 4-6 themes reoccurring
          • Can be spoken or sung
            • Musical follows two acts  - act one is always longer
              • Songs are breifly introduced in the overture
                • Wicked in a book musical - based on a book.
                  • Sogs reflect feelings, thoughts, how they may see a situation, dreams, talking to someone or exploring a theme
    • Structure
      • Colla Voce - Bar 1 - 34
        • Verse1 - b34 - 49
          • Chorus 1 - b50 - 62
            • Verse 2 - b63 - 78
              • Chorus 2 - b79 - 88
                • Harmony part - b89 - 103
                  • Chorus 3 - b103 - 134
                    • Verse 4 - bar 135 - 160
                      • Chorus 4 - b151 - end

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