Bernstein Flashcards
context
west side story
romeo and juliet
composed in
1957
style
musical theatre
jazz
key
D major
metre
3/4
4/4
structure
no formal structure
introduction
2 main sections
ad lib fade bar
tempo
fast
instrumentation
solo tenor band: woodwind brass percussion strings
how does the band stop overpowering the singer?
quiet dynamics
soft timbres - muted, pizzicato
homophonic
rhythm
cross rhythms
syncopation
um-pah bass line - straight rhythm
harmony and tonality
2 sections in C major
sharpened 4th
flattened 7th - e.g. last note unresolved (expectation)
texture
homophonic 3 ideas in accompaniment: repeated riff syncopated chords fast um-cha
dynamics
A - soft
B - loud
C - crescendos/diminuendos
fades out
melody
blues scale
key note and sharpened 4th - tritone
syllabic
word painting
theme A
short, 2-bar phrases
tritone on triplet
syllabic
theme B
word painting - loud
repetition - notes/phrases
syllabic
1 melisma
theme C
word painting
long notes
8 bar phrasing
higher register
